I didn’t mean to say that again but thank you for the regs

Thank you for the information. I thought the dress white uniform prior to the m38, was the   

I’ve been stumped for a while on this? Anyone know? It has an aircraft gyro An-5735-1 and a vacuum gauge. 

Welcome. You say that you inherited this pistol….was the person who had it a veteran…? It wasn’t uncommon for those who managed to bring home a sidearm to have them nickel-plated, along the lines of having a war trophy.   Case in point is that it’s no longer original, the original finish is long gone…… apart from that it looks to be a complete 1944 Colt 1911A1. The value would depend on the buyer, really….. if the pistol had some provenance as to who carried it and if they were responsible for refinishing it, it would add to the worth IMHO….it is history.   Just by itself it only has shooter status, $800- $1200 perhaps. Hard to say for sure. It’s cool, I like it.

Years ago I posted pics of my 37mm to 120mm ordnance for references. I had the pics and " M" designations. I did find these pics, most Tank rounds.

Plating really hurts the value. 

Yes, the 1936 order also introduced the lightweight wool (Palm Beach or other tropical wool) that would become standard for post-WW2 khaki/tan "TW" uniforms. https://archive.org/details/us-army-officer-dress-uniform-documents-1936-1937 Also to correct my earlier post, under "Trimming" it should be "white flat braid," not "fat" braid!

doyler, Thank you for sharing this well-documented  Case V42.  Out of curiosity I read about how diffiult the  assault was on Monte La Difensa , lives lost, and brutal weather. The provenance that this V42 dagger comes with is priceless!

Thank you for the information. I thought the dress white uniform prior to the m38, was the m1895 but I wasn’t sure. I knew there was the m36 blue dress uniform, but I didn’t know the white one also changed that year.  

I inherited this gun and have seen many different price ranges. Anyone have an idea?