Original Japanese Contract U.S. Smith & Wesson Model 2 Army .32cal Revolver with 6" Barrel - Matching Serial 60494 Snider Rifle Parts The portrait of the Rear

The portrait of the Rear Admiral would have been painted around 1814 as his first son

It has a CROWN / 96 inspection proof over the chamber on the barrel

with the expected age related wear

lemon or banana (yellow)

The defending force suffered only three casualties

Original Japanese Contract U.S. Smith & Wesson Model 2 Army .32cal Revolver with 6" Barrel - Matching Serial 60494 Snider Rifle Parts The portrait of the RearOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service worn example of a Japanese Contract Smith & Wesson . 32 caliber rimfire Model 2 Army Revolver, made in the late 1860s or early 1870s. It features a 6 inch unshortened barrel, and has a lovely service worn patina of age. As a result of the "Meiji Restoration" that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and returned power to the Emperor, the country began a period of "Enlightened Rule." Japan ended