She looked like this:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/RichardS/ColtModel1911WWIReplica-1.jpg)
She had been used by many before me, but it was love at first shot for me back in 1963. She had holster wear, she rattled if you shook her, but she never malfunctioned. She was mine for a little while, but they absolutely refused to sell her to me when my orders arrived.