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2,400.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Sep 22 @ 13:05UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Historic military ensemble belonging to the late U.S. Army Colonel Victor E. Lund, consisting of his U.S. Property Colt Model 1911-A1 semi-automatic pistol, .45 caliber, 5” barrel, military finish, checkered plastic grips, S/N 1181414 accompanied by his military trunk with stenciled name “Lt. Victor E. Lund” and accessories including his U.S. leather 1943-dated holster, a custom in-theater (German-made) leather shoulder holster, an “Ike” jacket, compass with case identified to Lt. Lund, a map case cold weather gloves, M-8 carbine bayonet and sheath, Sam Brown U.S. belts, cold weather cap, several leather straps, utility belt, 1st aid kit, metal tent stakes, misc. military manuals, shorts, long pants, cap (with Bird Col. Insignia ca. 1960’s?) and other personal effects. The Colt pistol is in overall good to very good condition showing majority of military finish, holster wear at high points, good bore, crisp action and markings with very good grips. Perhaps the best way to summarize the Colonel’s extensive service to his Country from WW II to the Vietnam War is to quote from his obituary: “Col. Victor E. Lund (AUS-Ret) of Phoenix, Arizona, born June 23, 1919, in Brooklyn, N.Y., passed away December 13, 2006. He was an electrical and gas distribution superintendent for Central Hudson in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. from 1950-1963. Later he served with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dept. of Interior, for 18 years in various positions ranging from superintendent of electrical power systems on the Colorado Indian Reservation, in Parker, AZ, to chief of facilities management at the Washington, D.C. level. He designed and supervised bringing the first electrical line down into the Supai Canyon for use by the Havasupai Indian Reservation. He was a WW II veteran, inducted into the Army on Feb. 4, 1941. He served as an enlisted man with the 27th Infantry Division in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre until Dec. 1942, attaining the rank of Sgt. He was sent back from overseas to attend Officer Candidate School. He graduated from OCS, Class 207 at Ft. Benning, GA on March 29, 1943 as Second Lt. He served as platoon leader and company commander at Camp Wolters, TX, then was transfered to HQ Co., 3d Bn., 285th Infantry, 76th Inf. Div. at Camp McCoy, WI and served with them through three European campaigns until the end of the war. Remaining in the Army Reserves serving as company commander, battalion commander and commander of a research and development unit, he attained the rank of Colonel. Col. Lund was inducted into the Infantry School OCS and Hall of Fame at Ft. Benning, GA on May 24, 1991. Awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster for valor, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, American Defense Service Medal, WW II Victory Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Asiatic and European Theatre Operation Campaign Medals”. (C& R/PPT). Est.: $2,500-$5,000.
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