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LOT 3572
Magnificent Cased Exhibition Quality Jaeger Signed Custom
Engraved and Gold Inlaid Consecutively Serial Numbered Pair of
Colt Second Generation Sheriff’s Model Revolvers -A) Colt Sheriff’s
Model Revolver - Serial no. 0059SM, 45 Long Colt cal., 3 inch round bbl., blue
finish, carved grips. Offered here is a pair of consecutively numbered Colt Sheriff’s
model revolvers which have been masterfully engraved by Kurt Jaeger in Mainz, Germany.
Jaeger was a gunsmith prior to World War II in his father’s shop in Suhl. During the war, he went and found work in the offices of a major company in the area due to the difficulties his family faced having a
314 Jewish mother. He once again faced hardships following the war as Suhl was behind the Iron Curtain.
