Original U.S. Civil War Colt 1851 Navy Revolver 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Manufactured in 1863 - Matching Serial No 147247 U.S. Civil War known as the "SOUTH WALES

known as the "SOUTH WALES BORDERS"

Similar problems were also encountered with early leather chinstraps

Width: 18”

There is also another stamp on some of these at the base of the pole

Beginning in 1942

Original U.S. Civil War Colt 1851 Navy Revolver 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Manufactured in 1863 - Matching Serial No 147247 U.S. Civil War known as the "SOUTH WALESOriginal Item: Only One Available. This Colt Navy Model 1851 Percussion Revolver in . 36 caliber was used by 1st Lieutenant (and later Captain) Henry E. Whittelsey of the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry Later the 65th Volunteers. Whittelsey was commissioned March 20, 1862 to Company B, Promoted from 2d Lt. March 20,1863, commissioned Captain October 10, 1864 and discharged December 6, 1864. This Colt revolver has the quintessential wear and rubbing of other