PISTOL, SEMI-AUTOMATIC

Description: 1. PISTOL: DARK GREY STEEL 9MM PISTOL WITH SQUARE OUTER BARREL. PISTOL HAS FLUTED GRIP ON BOTH SIDES OF SLIDE AND EJECTION PORT ON RIGHT SIDE. HAMMER HAS FLUTED GRIP AS WELL AND SAFETY SWITCH IS LOCATED ON LEFT SIDE JUST BELOW HAMMER. HANDLE HAS BLACK BAKELITE GRIPS WITH CRISS-CROSS PATTERN. AT BACK OF BUTT IS STEEL RING. MAGAZINE EJECTION BUTTON IS BEHIND TRIGGER ON LEFT SIDE. ON FRONT OF HANDLE IS REMNANT OF PLASTIC LABEL WHICH IS GOLD, RED AND BLACK. AT TIP OF MUZZLE IS FLAT POST SIGHT. STAMPED INTO LEFT SIDE OF SLIDE IS "MK. I*" AND "BROWNING - F.N. 9MM. H.P." AND "INGLIS, CANADA". STAMPED INTO SLIDE, EJECTION COVER AND BASE IS "IT8386". SCRATCHED INTO EJECTION COVER IS CROSSED FLAGS. STAMPED JUST ABOVE TRIGGER IS CROSSED FLAGS WITH "C" AND "P" AND BACKWARDS "C". ALSO HAS "C" WITH ARROW INSIDE. 2. MAGAZINE: 11.8 X 3.4 X 2.5 RECTANGULAR STEEL CLIP WITH TAPERED BOTTOM. TOP OF MAGAZINE IS PINCHED SLIGHTLY AND INSIDE HAS SPRING LOADED PLATFORM. BOTTOM OF CLIP HAS WIDE LIPPED BASE. 3. MAGAZINE: IDENTICAL TO 2.

History: PISTOL AND CASE (P19960093002) BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, NORMAN HEINITZ. FOR VALUABLE INFORMATION ON NORM HEINITZ’S MILITARY SERVICE, PLEASE REFERENCE P19960097004, ITS PERMANENT FILE AND ARCHIVAL DONATION 20091074. FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT NORM HEINTIZ’S WIFE MARY DONATED THREE CASED WORLD WAR TWO MEDALS TO THE GALT’ COLLECTIONS DEPT. IN APRIL 2010, BUT THE OFFER WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE OFFER WAS, HOWEVER, ACCEPTED BY THE GALT’S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDALS WERE DEPOSITED THERE IN NOVEMBER 2010. FOR MORE PHYSICAL DETAILS ON THE MEDALS, PLEASE REFERENCE P19960097004. IN A LETTER TO THE GALT IN OCTOBER 2009, DONOR MARY HEINITZ STATED THAT THE HANDGUN WAS "BROUGHT BACK FROM GERMANY" AFTER THE WAR. TO SEE THIS LETTER, PLEASE REFERENCE THE FILE NOTED ABOVE. DONOR MARY HEINITZ PASSED AWAY ON 4 JULY 2013 IN CALGARY, AB.; *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.