HC&M: "Manual of the Automatic Pistol, Capiber .45 Model of 1911"


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Name "Manual of the Automatic Pistol, Capiber .45 Model of 1911"










Catalog ID HCM4380
Year 1918
Description "CONFIDENTIAL No. 267. | Issued to all officers and troops armed with | automatic pistol, cal. .45. | ------------- | MANUAL | of the | AUTOMATIC PISTOL, CALIBER .45 | Model of 1911 | ---------------- | General Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces | France | -- | February, 1918"

At back, and on back cover: "PRINTED BY BERGER-LEVRAULT, NANCY (M.-ET-M.)"

Thin red card cover, matching title page. Saddle stitch binding, with two rusty staples. Additional rust stains (from staples on a neighboring book?) on front cover.

Signature of "J Mott" (?) at top of cover, over a rubber stamp, possibly "1st Lieut. Sla[???]".

This was reprinted as "Document 801" by the War Department in the United States in May of 1918. This is the original. Both are rare.


Added 2020-03-02 21:43:48 (updated 2020-03-03 17:51:31)
Dimensions 4.75x6