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Originally Posted by JimHanks
V Model Ser. # V 274516 Frame and cylinder numbers match. The barrel is marked US S. W. Special Ctg and the top strap is marked US PROPERTY GHD. The grips are not numbered and the lanyard ring looks like a replacement. Pretty much standard stuff. My Dad died in 1970 and my sister had the gun until recently and swears he told her he carried the revolver in the Pacific in WWII. He was in the Phillipines and on Guadacanal and Leyte. I doubt her story because when I was growing up I don't remember seeing it. I left home in 1963.
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That serial number dates your Victory to 1943. You don't say in what branch your father served, but the gun is definitely military issue. The barrel should also be numbered. Wouldn't mind seeing a photo before passing judgment on its originality otherwise.