All Combat Masterpiece boxes I have seen were originally made for the long barreled Masterpiece revolvers and over-labeled. This one, for sn 102XXX had a compartment and I have seen others with this feature, but do not know if it was added by an owner or came that way from the factory??
Your revolver would precede the introduction of the blue box by a year or so. There was a starburst blue box that was introduced in 1954, but have not seen many, plus none for a Masterpiece. The standard two piece box that was introduced with the advent of numbered models were manufactured from 1957 on. The gold boxes were used into the 1960s, overlapping the blue box production.
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