Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW I
When the United States entered World War I, the US military realized the production of the new M1911 pistol would not be enough to fully supply troops. Springfield Armory and Smith & Wesson worked together to develop a new weapon for the US military that could...
Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
The Liberator was conceived in 1942 as part of a plan by the US Army’s Joint Psychological Warfare Committee to manufacture inexpensive, quickly mass-produced pistols to arm resistance fighters in enemy-occupied territories. The single-shot pistol was not issued to US...
Mar 16, 2023 | Artifact - Early Missississippi History, Artifact - Mexican Punitive
First Lieutenant Edgar Nathan Coffey, Jr. (1889-1976), of Jackson, Mississippi, carried this M1911 pistol while serving in Company F, 1st Mississippi Infantry as part of the Mexican-Punitive Expedition. National Guard troops from across the country, including the 1st...
