German Police were provided arms by US & British in occupied areas after the Germans surrendered. Most of the handguns I’ve seen imported back into the US have been lend lease Victory revolvers that went first to the Brits before being issued to the German Police. The Brits used 38/200 aka 38 S&W and US Victory revolvers were 38 Special. The 5” barrel Victory model in 38 S&W are very common.
Nice find. You can buy grips and the lanyard ring to return it to original condition. Should be able to find it on ebay, or if you are a member on the smith-wesson.com forum a WTB ad will probably net you the parts you need.
I've seen several examples of those, by all means find the proper grips which would be plain walnut, no medallion or shiny crap LOL. The lanyard ring from Numrich. Probably. There are also M1 Carbines similarly marked.
Originally Posted By Kobolowsky_Tires: I've seen several examples of those, by all means find the proper grips which would be plain walnut, no medallion or shiny crap LOL. The lanyard ring from Numrich. Probably. There are also M1 Carbines similarly marked.
View Quote
I think from reading on the smith forum, the early ones still had a medallion? Based on the serial number it’s a late gun most likely in 1944 I think.
When I get home from work I’ll take off the grips to see if there are any markings. Obviously someone refinished them but I have a few leads on non medallion proper grips