**Early Production Pre-Model 39 Smith & Wesson 9mm Pistol S/N 1203 in Box
9mm. 4" barrel. SN: 1203. Bright blued carbon steel slide with matted top, blued aluminum frame, checkered walnut Smith & Wesson medallion grips. Double action semi-automatic handgun with removable 8-round magazine. Early, pre-Model 39/39-2 features include no model marking on the pistol, short safety/decocker, long extractor and a small hole in hammer spur. Sights are micrometer adjustable square notch rear and a serrated ramp front. Pistol is accompanied by the blue cardboard Smith & Wesson box that is simply marked SMITH & WESSON/9MM AUTOMATIC/Blue Finish on the end. The box includes a cleaning kit and a spare magazine. Approximately 1600 of these early pistols were shipped without model markings circa 1956-1957. A rare early Smith & Wesson autoloader that was the direct predecessor to today's "wondernines".
This lot is located in Cincinnati.