My red letter "PROPERY OF U.S. NAVY" Victory model is s/n 985033. I was able to locate pics and a factory letter (not mine) for pre-Victory s/n 985250 that shipped to the U.S. Navy. The factory letter for s/n 985250 states it was a parkerized finish.

I have assumed that my example is possibly from the same shipment as s/n 985250 and may be parkerized as well.

(Obviously different lighting conditions with regards to pics for my revolver versus the pics for s/n 985250 that I found online...……..but holding it in person shows my example to be the same finish.)

Dale

addendum: My apologies for accidentally resurrecting this necro-thread!!!!!!!!!!

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	PROPERTY OF US NAVY red letter side pre-Victory sn 985033 (1).jpg (71.1 KB, 25 views)
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	PROPERTY OF US NAVY red letter side pre-Victory sn 985033 (2).jpg (71.5 KB, 22 views)
	sn 985250 pic2.jpg (138.0 KB, 25 views)
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