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Originally Posted by Combat
Please add this one to the database. V389892 This one may have been shipped to the Navy. If I got a letter to prove it was a Navy gun would it increase the value over an Army gun?
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That one should've shipped about September of 1943. By that time, the Navy was no longer directly contracting with S&W for delivery of Victory revolvers, but instead was being furnished with them under the auspices of the Army Supply Program, which accounts for that branch's property and inspection marks. So even if yours has "Army" markings on the topstrap, it wouldn't be at all remarkable that it was shipped to the Navy. However, if yours doesn't have the Army markings (plain topstrap), it's likely a gun provided to a "commercial" customer per the direction of the Defense Supplies Corporation, or purchased by the United States Maritime Commission.