Original U.S. Colt Model 1851 Navy .36cal Revolver Inscribed to Colonel Don Luis Groso of Mexican Army Ordnance Dept. with Documents - Matching Serial 40435 Made in 1855 Brunswick Rifle but the snaps are a

but the snaps are a bit rusted on the interior

This is definitely one of the best examples we have had of a Manhattan revolver in some time

All covered is light brown leather with loops to interface with WW1's Sam Browne leather equipment

and would make an excellent pat of any civil war collection

It still has the original label inside the frame from the museum

Original U.S. Colt Model 1851 Navy .36cal Revolver Inscribed to Colonel Don Luis Groso of Mexican Army Ordnance Dept. with Documents - Matching Serial 40435 Made in 1855 Brunswick Rifle but the snaps are aOriginal Item: Only One Available. The back of the grip of this exceptional Colt 1851 Navy revolver is inscribed with the name Luis Groso, who per the included research was a Colonel in the Mexican Army, "charged with the purchase of arms and ammunition for his Government." Contemporary newspaper reports from papers in New York, Washington, D. C., Lynchburg, VA, and New Orleans all reported on the March 1856 death of a "Luis Groso," who had been in