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COLT POLICE POSITIVE RAILWAY EXPRESS WITH HOLSTER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,200.00 USD
COLT POLICE POSITIVE RAILWAY EXPRESS WITH HOLSTER
SERIAL 333854. BARREL 4". CALIBER 38. MADE IN 1930. Backstrap stamped " RY EX AGY. A delivery rail service that was formed in 1918. During this era, the practice of robbing trains was never more evident than the Newton Gang who committed the largest train robbery in U.S. History which happened in Rondout, Illinois in 1924. The haul came to the tune of 3 million dollars (nearly 50 million dollars in today's value". It is obvious that agents would carry guns and this is an example of a Prohibition Era Colt with a matching stamped holster, belt, Railway express tag and a special agent badge. Grips are replacements. Finish is blue. Condition. About 70% blue mixing patina Bore and action are fine. Nice little well marked grouping. C&R