Kavel 1189

United States. Colt Navy Model 1851 conversion .38 Caliber Rimfire revolver, plated. The barrel marked ‘ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA’. Stamped on the frame ‘PAT, JULY, 25, 1871. PAT. JULY, 2, 1872.’. The cylinder is engraved with the cartouche ‘COLTS PATENT No 027’ and ‘ENGAGED 16 MAY 1843’. The engraved scene on the cylinder refers to the Naval Battle of Campeche of 1843 between the naval forces of Texas and Mexico. Serial number 3027. Circa 1872.