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Old 12-07-2012, 11:28 PM
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According to Charles Pate in his book U.S. Handguns of WWII, the marking "UNITED STATES PROPERTY was used on lend lease revolvers up until May 1943 at approximately serial V300000. After that time this changed to U.S. PROPERTY with the GHD marking.

Early 38/200 revolvers purchased by the British did not have any US property markings.

The 38 Special revolvers used by the US Military had markings of US NAVY (Direct Navy Purchases), 10/1942 this changed to UNITED STATES PROPERTY. and then in 4/1943 this changed again to U.S. PROPERTY GHD. Pate also mentions that most of the 38 Special military revolvers were issued to the US Navy even though they had the generic US Property markings.

Hope this helps.

Steve
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