Original U.S. Civil War Colt 1851 Navy Revolver - Manufactured in 1861 - Serial No 112385 Japanese Ordnance including aerial rocket artillery (ARA)

including aerial rocket artillery (ARA) battalions in the two Airmobile divisions

RAWLINGS & SONS were certified opticians beginning in 1916 and still are to this day

but Aluminum was an "Air Age" material

On the left side of the dark wood butt there is a 3" x  2" engraved silver oval plaque that reads:

under the Seventh Army

Original U.S. Civil War Colt 1851 Navy Revolver - Manufactured in 1861 - Serial No 112385 Japanese Ordnance including aerial rocket artillery (ARA)Original Item: Only One Available. The Colt Navy Model 1851 Percussion Revolver in . 36 caliber was widely used by both sides in the U. S. Civil War. The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber (i. e., . 36 cal), later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver, is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850. Colt first called this Revolver Ranger model; but the designation Navy quickly took over. It remained