Original U.S. Civil War Allen & Wheelock .36cal Navy Center Hammer Percussion Revolver Serial 156 - Circa 1860 Japanese Holsters in white on dark green

in white on dark green (now faded) and on the front of the turn-up is a roundel or cockade in (from the center out) red

All metal carbine components are stamped with small inspector marks

This example carries the head to head Broad Arrow markings on the blade indicating

named for Enola Gay Tibbets

so a replacement was needed

Original U.S. Civil War Allen & Wheelock .36cal Navy Center Hammer Percussion Revolver Serial 156 - Circa 1860 Japanese Holsters in white on dark greenOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a very nice example of the rare . 36cal "Navy" version of the "Center Hammer" Percussion Revolvers made by Ethan Allen and his brother in law Thomas Wheelock in Worcester, Mass. Allen was involved in a series of different partnerships, which makes the firearms relatively easy to place in time. The side of the octagonal barrel on this example is marked (partly faded): [ALLEN & WHEEL]OCK. WORCESTER. MASS. US.