REVOLVER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- 32 CALIBRE COLT HANDGUN
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19900009006
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- 32 CALIBRE COLT HANDGUN
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, BAKELITE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 7.5
- Length
- 16.4
- Width
- 3.1
- Description
- 6 CARTRIDGE 32 CAL. REVOLVER, STEEL, BLUED FINISH WITH CROSS-HATCHED BAKELITE HANDGRIP & "COLT" IN RELIEF. CARTRIDGE CHAMBER PIVOTS TO LEFT FOR LOADING. POST IN V SIGHT ON BARREL. "FOR 32 S&W CTG." ENGRAVED ON BARREL (LEFT) & POCKET POSTIVE ENGRAVED ON BARREL (RIGHT). COLT LOGO ENGRAVED ABOVE GRIP.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-FIREARM
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- OWNED BY THOMAS R. NICHOLLS, DONOR'S STEP FATHER & FORMER CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE CHIEF. HE SERVED 28 YEARS IN THE NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE, ROYAL NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE, & ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE, RETIRING IN 1927 WITH RANK OF SERGANT-MAJOR IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1928 HE BECAME LETHBRIDGE'S CHIEF CONSTABLE A POSITION HE RETAINED UNTIL 1943. PISTOL WAS HIS PERSONAL PROPERTY & NOT A SERVICE REVOLVER FOR EITHER POLICE FORCE. SEE ALSO THE BADGE AND THE BLOTTER BY J.H. CARPENTER FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY. SEE ALSO P19900009001 FOR DONOR HISTORY. S/N 36941 REGISTERED 1990.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900009006
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-03
- Collection
- Museum
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