Serial #169452 Serial number obfuscated Manufacturer Colt Model 1901 Type Revolver Gauge 38 long Colt Barrel 6 inch round Finish blue Grip walnut Stock Class Curio & Relic Handgun
The letter states that the revolver was sold to the U..S. Government, shipped to the Commanding Officer, Presidio of San Francisco, California, on November 8, 1901, and was part of a 160 gun shipment. According to the consignor, this revolver belonged to 1st Lieutenant Henry Stewart Price of the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I and a graduate from Princeton University (1916) and Lehigh University (1917) with a background in civil engineering.