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Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - Processed on Colt factory order number 9467 and shipped on
January 20, 1941 in a 100 gun shipment to the Royal Netherland Indies
Ordnance, New York, NY. This pistol was originally shipped with a
blue finish but has been painted black and has British proof marks.
During the 1940s, the
Dutch government ordered 8,371 of these pistols in 80 shipments for use in
the Netherlands East Indies, presumably by police or military officers.
Approximately 64 shipments totaling 6,800 pistols were sent to the Royal
Netherlands Indies Ordnance Commission or to the Netherlands Purchasing
Commission, both in New York City for use in Asia. Another 1,571 Model
M .32 caliber pistols in 16 shipments were sent to the Nederlandse Handel
Maatschappij and the Ingeneren (or Ingenegeren) Vriejburg or other
commercial importers in Java as well as top the New Netherlands Company in
New York City. About half of the pistols from 537000 to 552000 were
sent to Java. 
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - right side.
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - British proof marks on right side of frame.
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - British proof marks on top of slide and barrel (through
ejection port).
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - pictured with original Dutch contract holster.
 Political prisoner in Batavia, Java, jailed under Dutch colonial rule,
awaits his release by the Japanese. (From the Time-Life Books "The Rising
Sun")
 Japanese officer in the photo is wearing a Dutch East Indies holster and
Colt.
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545266 - pictured in original Dutch contract holster with cleaning rod.
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP Holster - front
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP Holster - back
From the Carvel Webb Collection
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545xxx (1941 manufacture) - mint condition with original box, pamphlet,
two full blued spare mags, and box is numbered to the gun. Accompanying the
pistol is a holster of typical Dutch pattern with brass loop type buckle,
matching magazine pouch, an "invasion type" plastic waterproof carrier, and
a Army service type handbook (illustrated), written in Dutch for the 1903
Colt .32, dated 1941.  From the Carvel Webb Collection
Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
545xxx (1941 manufacture)
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
Dutch holster with magazine pouch and two spare full
blued magazines. (magazine is missing strap)
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
Typical Dutch pattern holster with brass loop type
buckle, matching magazine pouch, an "invasion type" plastic waterproof
carrier.
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
Photo of the cover of the accompanying 1941 dated
Dutch handbook. The title (loosely translated) reads "Instructions for
Colt Pistol .32 , and associated shooting exercises"
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
Color illustration of the Colt Model 1903 .32 ACP in
the handbook with the parts described in Dutch.
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
This Dutch instruction manual for the Colt .32 is a
numbered copy.
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
Section 1 (1e
Afdeling)
1. Description of the pistol , ammunition and accessories.
2. Operation
3. Disassembly
4. Cleaning and maintenance
5. Handling and misfires |
Section 2 (Shooting
instruction)
6. Material needed
7. Range Safety
8. Preparation of the weapon
9. Shooting exercises
10. Scoring
Model letter A ; Results report
Model letter B : Shooting register . |
 From the Carvel Webb Collection
From the John van Donselaar Collection, Colt box from F.D. Collection Dutch Contract Model M .32 ACP serial number
548373 (1941 manufacture) - with Colt box, pamphlet and ammunition.
Also accompanying the
pistol are two period ammunition boxes, two holster (one is a pre-war Dutch
Indies made holster with CW stamps and the other one is the war-time
variant) and
a Army service type handbook (illustrated), written in Dutch for the 1903
Colt .32, dated 1941.
From the John van Donselaar Collection
From the John van Donselaar Collection
From the John van Donselaar Collection
The stamp "says" CW (which means "Constructie Winkel" for construction
department), N (means "Nieuw" for newly made), 1 (which stands for "January"
the month of production), 42 (which stands for "1942" the year of
production) and W Z (which are controllers markings). Please note that the
Dutch Indies where captured by the Japanese army, early March 1942!
From the John van Donselaar Collection
From the John van Donselaar Collection
From the John van Donselaar Collection
50 Patronen scherpe nr.8. Merk A3-41 - The Dutch Indies army
authorities gave all the types of ammunition, that were in use, number.
"Patronen scherpe nr. 8" was ammunition for .32 of 7,65mm pistols (Colt .32
and the Pistol
H&R in .32). All ammunition boxes where bought abroad (USA) and, when they
arrived in the Dutch Indies, where wrapped in wax paper and then where
labeled.
From the John van Donselaar Collection
25 Patronen scherpe nr.8. Merk A2-40 - The Dutch Indies army
authorities gave all the types of ammunition, that were in use, number. "Patronen
scherpe nr. 8" was ammunition for .32 of 7,65mm pistols (Colt .32 and the
Pistol
H&R in .32). All ammunition boxes where bought abroad (USA) and, when they
arrived in the Dutch Indies, where wrapped in wax paper and then where
labeled. |
