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Hello All, In some previous post i mentioned that all police thompsons were not "new off the assembly line" as some collector's maintain. Attached are pictures of a gun that was obtained by a suburban Chicago Police Department sometime in the 1960's. That's all the information the current administration knows. One of the older retired members of the agency remembers that they got the gun through a government assistance program. They don't have the paperwok for the gun any longer so I am assisting them with getting the proper paperwork so that they can consider selling the gun. I am fairly certain the gun will end up being registered since if it was part of a government assistance program it would have been registered at the time of transfer to the agency or before. The gun is is in excellent condition with the exception that someone varnished the wood at some point, although they did a nice job because they filled the sling swivel cut-outs with plugs that were professionally done. The gun is parkerized and is a little darker than the pictures make it look. The first picture without the flash is closer to the original color. The gun was obviously rebuilt at some point and put into government storage before sale to law enforcement in the 1960's. The interior parts still had traces of cosmoline on them and the grip frame had dried cosmoline on the metal. No one ever remembers taking the gun apart. The gun has all original early M1 parts but has a mismatched grip frame. The gun was probbaly refinished when it was rebuilt sometime after WWII Hope you enjoy the photos of a 1960's Government Assistance Law Enforcement Thompson. Without flash. mismatched number 123141? Ordnance stamps.