Original Japanese Contract U.S. Smith & Wesson Model 2 Army .32cal Revolver with 6" Barrel - Matching Serial 60494 Snider Rifle Parts It has a CROWN /

It has a CROWN / 96 inspection proof over the chamber on the barrel

The portrait of the Rear Admiral would have been painted around 1814 as his first son

lemon or banana (yellow)

The reverse is maker marked very faintly with BOYT and is dated 1917

Original Japanese Contract U.S. Smith & Wesson Model 2 Army .32cal Revolver with 6" Barrel - Matching Serial 60494 Snider Rifle Parts It has a CROWN /Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service worn example of a Japanese Contract Smith & Wesson . 32 caliber rimfire Model 2 Army Revolver, made in the late 1860s or early 1870s. It features a 6 inch unshortened barrel, and has a lovely service worn patina of age. As a result of the "Meiji Restoration" that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and returned power to the Emperor, the country began a period of "Enlightened Rule." Japan ended