The bolt still retains its original bright polish. The receiver and underside flat of the trigger housing also shows some light blue loss and extensive scratching. Very fine with 90% plus of the original blue finish with edge and high spot wear overall with some brown spotting mixed with some brown patina along the upper edge of the trigger housing. This highly desirable early Colt/Thompson SMG was originally sold to the American Express Company in New York in a shipment of 30 SMGs in May 1921. This lot is complete with one original 30 round stick magazine The serial numbers on the receiver and trigger housing group have matching numbers (598). The top of the receiver is marked with the original Auto-Ordnance "Bullet" logo with the early markings of "AUT-ORD-CO." inside the bullet logo. The right side is marked with single circled "JHB" inspector mark, followed by the five lines of patent dates along with the two line "AUTO-ORDNANCE CORPORATION, NEW YORK U.S.A". U.S.A." towards the rear of the receiver. 45 AUTOMATIC COLT CARTRIDGE/MANUFACTURED BY/ COLT'S PATENT FIRE ARMS MFG. 598", followed by "THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN/CALIBER. The left side of the receiver is correctly marked with all the early original markings of "MODEL OF 1921/NO. This specific weapon still has the early standard features such as the short 10 1/2 inch barrel with cooling fins, the vertical pistol grip, detachable buttstock and the fully adjustable Thompson ladder rear sight that is graduated from 100-600 yards. The big difference between the 19 models was that the latter had reduced cyclic rate of fire and a horizontal forend that was usually equipped with a set of sling swivels. It has its original unaltered receiver markings, high polish blue finish, vertical fore-grip, and no barrel compensator and the highly desirable original early style large headed recoil spring guide. They had mediocre sales during this time with most being upgraded and restamped as the 1921/28 Navy model, so these original unaltered versions are quite rare today. They also were a favorite of the Marines in Nicaragua in 1928. They became infamous during their use by both early the "G-Man" and mob hitman during the gangland wars in 1920/30s. These early 1921 SMGs really set the standard for all future SMGs, with this model being the Cadillac of all models produced. This specific SMG has an early three digit serial number (598) and is still in its unmodified 1921A configuration. This is a beautiful example of a very early, Colt/Thompson Model 1921A submachine gun that was produced circa 1921/22.
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