Artist: Fábrica Orbea Hermanos
Date: 1884
Museum: Museum of the Civil Guard (Madrid, Spain)
Technique: Metal
Around 1870, Smith & Wesson launched a revolver with a new loading and unloading system with a swing-out barrel and cylinder. From then on, every revolver using that system was known as a “Smith.” Having abandoned the initial plan to manufacture their own regulation weapon, a Royal Order dated October 6, 1884 stated that use of the revolver would continue to be mandatory for commanders and officers both in the Army and the Civil Guard. However, a specific model was chosen: the 11 mm (0.43
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