Colt Model 1900 .38-caliber semi-automatic pistol, 150-mm rifled barrel, first-type slide with front grip grooves and pinned rear sight, slide marked on one side "Browning's patent" Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Pat'd april 20.1897 Hartford. Conn. U.S.A., with prancing colt logo in a circle, and on the other Automatic Colt caliber 38 Rimless Smokeless, blued trigger, black bakelite grips signed Colt and with prancing colt in a circle, nickel-plated magazine marked on heel Pat'd Sept .9.1884, with additional nickel-plated magazine, single-matriculated gun, traces of old oxidation on slide, faded tanning on grip, LT 220 mm, no. 3916, USA late 19th century, category D § e.

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