Keeping the history moving forward 😊🪖

My newest addition! Type 3!

- -The person I got it from (main point). Plus, had not been altered (rebuild) or refinished . All stamps-inspector initials, serial number and ordnance marks  are stamped after finish which is correct.  Did you have a concern or question the originality?

Army air corps ones are kinda hard to find but there’s not a big market so it’s cheaper then what you would expect to buy one.

Could you please explain what makes this a "bringback" M1911A1?

The color has changed over time on the sleeve a little and the lighting in the room was weird.

Never mind! I see the birthdate!

Hi Matt,    Clearly I got lost in the sea of Robert G. Roger’s.    The owner of the trunk is a friend of my husband‘s boss. To be quite frank, he spent at least some portion of his life as a hoarder. He had been storing a number of collectibles and family items in an old trailer house. That was fine and dandy until some raccoons made a home in said trailer house. As they are not young and able-bodied, we have been helping them get the items worth saving and sentimental things out of the trailer before the shell is burned. I was trying to sort through things when I spotted this trunk under a mountain of chairs and raccoon feces. When I drug it outside, he remembered buying it at an auction. He collects firearms and it may have been bundled in with something else he bought. I just called them to inquire about where he got it. They agree that it was an in person live auction, but there is some dispute about where. His wife thinks the sale was near Cayuga or Lidgerwood, North Dakota while he thinks the sale was closer to Oakes, North Dakota. They don’t have a specific date that they think they purchased it, but their estimate is at least 10 years ago. They mentioned that they never took anything out of it because they intended to try find the family, it has just taken longer than originally planned.   Given that information, your theory about the Fargo Robert seems quite plausible. Is there a way to find out if the Robert in the morning reports you shared is the Dr. Robert from Fargo?    My lack of knowledge about military documentation has me at a disadvantage. Is there a document that has a soldier’s birthdate and their service number?    attaching a few more images of contents

I love this image!  Very artistic!  Nice wing and nice work finding one Pete!   Warm regards!   Chris

Thank you. I really wanted a Colt but when something like this  comes along, I could not be picky. Here it is paired with my 1944 dated Garand