Blade front and latch notch rear sights, with London & Birmingham address on the top strap, "MARK "III" 455" on the left side of the top strap, and the winged bullet logo on the left side of the frame. Birmingham proofs in the cylinder flues, with matching numbers on the rear cylinder face and the barrel lug. Checkered grips.

Manufactured from 1913-1915, this Mark V revolver is fairly typical for the model, which was one of the sidearms sent afield by the British for the First World War. Distinguishing this example is the inscription on the left side of the barrel, "CAPT. J.A. KIRKWOOD, 2/6th BATT. A.&S. Hrs". Records from the era verify a J.A. Kirkwood as a captain with the 6th Battalion of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Records are limited; he is noted as having made lieutenant with the unit about 1905, though his exact activities are unknown. Also known as Princess Louise's Sutherland & Argyll Highlanders, the regiment and its predecessors distinguished themselves in the Crimean War (being the "Thin Red Line" of Balaklava fame), the 2nd Boer War, multiple points on the Western Front in WWI, the Pacific, European and Mediterranean Theaters in WWII; and in Korea.