SOLD VERY SCARCE, PRE WWII US NAVY U.S.N.C.P.C MARKED SMITH & WESSON M&P 38 SPECIAL REVOLVER, SHIPPED TO THE WASHINGTON NAVAL YARD MAY 28, 1941, MINT CRISP!!

In 98% mint crisp, outstanding condition, we have a very rare and extremely desirable Pre-WWII U.S. Navy Smith & Wesson Military & Police Revolver marked U.S.N.C.P.C. which stands for the US Navy Civilian Police Corps.  These pistols were ordered from S&W to be so marked by the Navy, however that Navy Police organization never actually came into existence, however the revolvers were sent to the Navy anyway as they had ordered them and were in short supply of handguns at the time.  

 These revolvers, (there were only 3,000 ordered)  were shipped to the United States Naval Yard in Washington DC in early 1941 and were actually issued to Naval Intelligence Officers, and into regular Naval Service.  Our example was shipped to the Washington Navy Yard on May 28, 1941.   

Very few of these guns are known to still exist today and this is certainly the finest example of the 3-4 we have come across.  Certainly one of the most desirable Naval Issue handguns of the WWII era.