Manufactured in 1861, this highly attractive Colt Model 1862 Police revolver remains in exceptionally fine condition considering it was manufactured during the Civil War and low three digit serial number. The Colt Model 1862 Police, known in the period as "Colt's Police Pistol" and "Colt's New Model Revolving Police Pistol." The '62 Police combines improvements from the Model 1860 Army such as the creeping loading lever, round barrel, and rebated cylinder with the smaller Model 1849 Pocket's size while also offering more firepower per shot than Colt's other pocket models. It is also significant as the last model released during Samuel Colt's life. Formal police departments were fairly new and just starting to be more common in the U.S. when this model came out, and this revolver had all the proper desired features. The revolver has the Colt commercial blue finish on the barrel, cylinder, and iron back strap, casehardened loading lever, frame and hammer and silver plated iron trigger guard. The iron grip strap is a rare feature usually found on very low serial number examples. Hartford address on the top of the barrel, "COLTS/PATENT" on the left of the frame, and the five-shot fluted cylinder. Matching numbers appear on the frame, trigger guard, back strap, cylinder, barrel, wedge, and arbor pin. This revolver was formerly of the famed William Locke collection and was featured in Seller's "The William M. Locke Collection" on page 154 and the April 1983 issue of Man at Arms. Provenance: The William Locke Collection; The Robert Berryman Collection; Property of a Gentleman