Presentation Victory Models

[GRI]

I have several engraved Victory Models and this set is unusual since it is a pair and they are gold plated. In pre-Saddam days guns like this were usually presented to high ranking officers, senior government officials and foreign dignitaries. At this point it is unknown who these Victory Models were done for. I estimate the guns were done in the 1950/60 time frame based on their showing age and the faux mother of pearl grips.

 

[DWalt]

I doubt if they are from the 1950-60 period, although the plating and engraving could have been performed later. From the hammer and extractor rod knob, the guns themselves would have been manufactured during roughly the 1928-48 period. Do they have V-prefix serial numbers? Is there a story behind these?

 

[GRI]

I doubt if they are from the 1950-60 period, although the plating and engraving could have been performed later. From the hammer and extractor rod knob, the guns themselves would have been manufactured during roughly the 1928-48 period. Do they have V-prefix serial numbers? Is there a story behind these?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. The guns are WWII Victory Models, the engraving and plating were most likely done in the 1950/60 time frame. There is no back story, unless some one out there recognizes them. I obtained them a few years ago from my friend, Tony Wilcox, who now is with Julia Auctions. He had no background for them. Note that Tony's shop was not far from Washington D.C..

 

[kwill1911]

Ramp front sights?

 

[Göring's S&W]

Ramp front sights?

I would instead guess that the sights have been altered. If we assume that the guns' parts match, the LERK was gone years before the ramp front sight debuted meaning that the presence of a factory post war K frame ramp front sight, with a LERK, is highly unlikely.

 

[opoefc]

1950s-60s period may be right. After WW2 the Texas Platers outfit marketed a simple home plating set up, using a dry cell battery, for gold plating smaller items, like firearms. ( I think they may be still in business selling those kits ) . I used their kit to gold plate many things, and some handguns, like the two Victory Models shown. Remember, at that time Victory Models could be had in most war surplus stores for about $15 and the gold plating kit was about $5, so you could have a lot of fun for little cost. Ed.