The first thing to say is that my Victory Model has been utterly desecrated – as a retired Army Officer with 26 yrs of service am not responsible enough to own a live hand gun in the UK! However, I have a keen interest in this historical piece.
It conforms to all the requirements for an original Victory Model; serial numbers are all consistent (including right hand grip). Calibre is .38 S&W, but there are some things that confuse me. There are no British or Commonwealth markings of any sort (except for the deactivation mark below the cylinder on the right hand side), but there is a flaming bomb on the left top strap.
Condition is awful, and the pistol seems to have been re-parkerised at some stage. I attach some slightly “dodgy” images of the only markings visible.
Can anyone help me find out where this little beast came from?
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