That a nice one. I've seen alot of these online that do have police / company stampings such as Wells Fargs and American Express. Do you have any idea when yours was made? If the grips are original it's after 1924-25.I have this one. I tried selling mine and then I took it out in the backyard and fired off a few rounds, it really has a nice feel and a good trigger pull, so I decided I would keep it and let my wife and grandaughter shoot it. Mine had a weld mark on the backstrap, there were two theories as to why, first thought was it used like stippling, as a grip aid, and the second thought was it was done to obliterate a police identification marking. Either case, it was filed smooth and refinished, so now I have a nice medium frame shooter.
Yeah I saw an early model S&W recently in a gunshop and I couldn't believe how much they look alike. Even the grips were very similar. Colt and S&W competed heavily for sales of these two revolvers.
