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..." Charles Lindbergh was on the R.O.T.C. pistol team at the University of Wisconsin during his short academic career, and at some point, prior to the Kidnapping Trial in 1935, acquired a .38 “Fitz” Detective Special from chief Colt designer J. Henry FitzGerald.
It was one of fifty custom models given by the Hartford manufacturer to famous people and had a two-inch barrel, cut-away trigger guard, and a bobbed hammer.
When Lindbergh fled to England in late December 1935, he gave it up to a friend in the U.S. (because of strict British anti-gun laws) and it was eventually sold - in 1982 - by Christie's auction house for $17,000.
According to Lindbergh's Autobiography of Values, he carried the gun everywhere during the Trial - in a shoulder holster and fully licensed - because of threats against his family, except perhaps on the day he was questioned about being armed by Hauptmann attorney Edward Reilly. "...
It was one of fifty custom models given by the Hartford manufacturer to famous people and had a two-inch barrel, cut-away trigger guard, and a bobbed hammer.
When Lindbergh fled to England in late December 1935, he gave it up to a friend in the U.S. (because of strict British anti-gun laws) and it was eventually sold - in 1982 - by Christie's auction house for $17,000.
According to Lindbergh's Autobiography of Values, he carried the gun everywhere during the Trial - in a shoulder holster and fully licensed - because of threats against his family, except perhaps on the day he was questioned about being armed by Hauptmann attorney Edward Reilly. "...
