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That makes sense
The flaming bomb that you are looking at is a US Army Ordnance marking. Co-incidentally a somewhat similar looking flaming grenade was/is used by the Royal Canadian Artillery, Princess Louise Fusiliers and Royal Canadian Engineers as a collar badge and by the Canadian Grenadier Guards, Fusiliers de Montreal, Princess Louise Fusiliers and Winnipeg Grenadiers as a cap badge. These Canadian regimental badges were not applied to small arms in Canadian service.
Are you looking to ID that revolver?
Are you looking to ID that revolver?
And London Ontario's Fusiliers
The US supplied large numbers of S&W Victory models to the UK and Canada in .38 S&W caliber. The US services, especially the US Navy, also used the Victory model in .38 Special chambering. I own 2 S&W Victory revolvers which my late uncle brought back from Europe, one of which was his personal issue weapon. Neither of these has the US Ordnance bomb marking, but markings were variable. What other markings are on your revolver.
Arms made for Lend Lease like the above S&W and the Savage-Stevens No4 were made under US govt contract and were inspected and stamped accordingly even though they were made to foreign design, No4, or foreign calibre .380" (38 S&W).
The early .380" cal S&Ws made under British contract lack the US marks.
The early .380" cal S&Ws made under British contract lack the US marks.
Here's a picture of my Victory/pre-Victory (no V prefix)
The ordnance bomb and WB stamp have been over-stamped with the C-broad arrow showing Canadian ownership. If your Victory is/was Canadian, there may be a C-broad arrow stamped into the frame. British Victory pistols may have a variety of other proofs, so the request by an earlier poster about other marks stamped in the metal is a good one to help determine the revolver's history. A factory letter from S&W MIGHT help clear things up a bit, though the factory spit these things out in bulk during the war. You might also want to check out the Smith & Wesson forum online. Folks there can help narrow down the production date of your Victory.
Your revolver looks like it is in great shape. Congratulations.
The ordnance bomb and WB stamp have been over-stamped with the C-broad arrow showing Canadian ownership. If your Victory is/was Canadian, there may be a C-broad arrow stamped into the frame. British Victory pistols may have a variety of other proofs, so the request by an earlier poster about other marks stamped in the metal is a good one to help determine the revolver's history. A factory letter from S&W MIGHT help clear things up a bit, though the factory spit these things out in bulk during the war. You might also want to check out the Smith & Wesson forum online. Folks there can help narrow down the production date of your Victory.
Your revolver looks like it is in great shape. Congratulations.
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- In lalaland, that is Ottawa.
I bought one of these S & W pistols in the late 1950s from a Montreal dealer. When I showed it to a neighbour at the time, who was a veteran and had fought in Italy where there many of these revolvers. He had been fighting with a UK outfit and came to Canada after the war with thick English accent. Anyway, he claimed that the rimmed .38 S & W ammo was hard to get so they used German 9mm. Parabellum in them by clipping the rimless round do that it would keep the round up high enough for the hammer. He said, they knew that it was not correct but they had to use the captured 9 mm. or ....else...!
