Apparently Smith & Wesson revolvers went without the characteristic entwined S&W logo for a relatively short period of time around World War I. Reading cuzinbruce's thread (Old M&P followed me home - DOB anyone?) where he shows the Forum his nice, newly acquired 4-inch round butt Military & Police has made me curious about this.

His revolver's serial number is 274XXX and has the logo roll marked onto the side plate. I have No. 296XXX in the same configuration as his revolver but without any logo.

I also have a Model 1903 .32 Hand Ejector, serial number 277XXX, which doesn't feature the logo. I used to have a Model 1903 with a slightly lower serial number that had the logo on its side plate.

Later, the smaller rendition of the logo migrated to the left side of the frame sometime after World War I where it stayed for a decade or so.

Does anyone have any notion of the time period for which logos were deleted or of serial number ranges where logos will not be found on the various frame sizes?

Was there a pattern? May logos be found on either side or not at all on Smith & Wesson revolvers of this area, and with no correlation to serial number sequence? Or does there appear to be a distinct serial number range that features differences in logo location or deletion?

Who has examples of World War I era Smith & Wesson revolvers without logos that they could show? Who has the one with the lowest serial number not featuring the logo and who has the one with the highest serial number without the logo?