The Smith & Wesson No.1 First Issue revolver was the first successful rimfire cartridge revolver ever produced and was also the first model produced by Smith & Wesson on Rollin White's patent. Only 12,000 of these First Issue revolvers were manufactured between 1858 and 1860. This example is a Third Type First Issue with the spring loaded barrel catch and revolving recoil shield. The frame is engraved with scroll and floral engraving, and the back strap has a meander pattern. The cylinder has etched scroll patterns and the patent marking. The engraving and etching by Richard Bates Inshaw of Springfield Mass., who did most of the engraving for S&W at the time. The revolver also has a German silver blade front sight on top of the barrel rib which is marked "SMITH & WESSON. SPRINGFIELD. MASS." The serial number is marked on the barrel lug, cylinder face, butt, and inside of both grips. It comes in a rarely found early style case with a relief lid marked "MANUFACTURED ONLY BY/[image of No. 1 1st Issue]/SMITH & WESSON,/SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS", velvet interior with scroll patterns inside, and a full cartridge block of ammunition. Per the NRA Museums, these cases were offered for $1.25, and only an estimated 5,000 of them were manufactured by Littlefield, Parsons & Co. for Smith & Wesson.