Original Russian Contract Smith & Wesson Model 3 Revolver made by Ludwig Loewe Berlin - Serial 2959 One-of-a-Kind British single-engined fighters could use

British single-engined fighters could use the Foster mounting to elevate a Lewis gun above the propeller arc for unsynchronized firing

It looks like during the conversion to rim fire

but not confirmed that this was the second generation code assigned

never worn (unissued) with minimal age toning and no moth damage we can see

It has a wood bag shaped grip with

Original Russian Contract Smith & Wesson Model 3 Revolver made by Ludwig Loewe Berlin - Serial 2959 One-of-a-Kind British single-engined fighters could useOriginal item: Only One Available. The Classic! A genuine Original SMITH AND WESSON RUSSIAN CONTRACT revolver in . 44 Russian, produced by Ludwig Loewe in Berlin. In 1870 71 General Alexander Gorloff of the Imperial Russian Embassy visited Smith & Wesson, and placed an order for 41,000 units. In 1872 Grand Duke Alexandrovich also visited the factory to great accolades, resulting over the following years the Imperial Russian Army ordering over 130,000