The accompanying factory letter states that the revolver was on January 16, 1918 and delivered to U.S. Government, Eastern States Terminal, Springfield, Massachusetts, with a 5 1/2 inch barrel, blue finish, butt swivel, and smooth walnut grips. "UNITED STATES PROPERTY" marked on the underside of the barrel, U.S. Ordnance bomb on left side of frame, eagle proofs on barrel, inside and left side of frame, and rear of cylinder, and matching serial numbers on the butt, both grip panels, cylinder, and barrel.

Excellent, retaining 95% plus original blue finish with absent patches of finish visible on a couple cylinder chambers, slight thinning on grip straps, and cylinder drag line. 98% original case colors remain on the hammer and trigger. The grips are very fine with some minor dings mostly contained to the bottoms. Mechanically excellent.