SOLD

Colt Model 1878 "Frontier" D.A. Revolver

SN 7739 (1882)">

 

 

 

SOLD

Colt Model 1878 "Frontier" D.A. Revolver

SN 7739 (1882)">

 

 

 

SOLD

Colt Model 1878 "Frontier" D.A. Revolver

SN 7739 (1882)">

 

 

 

SOLD

Colt Model 1878 "Frontier" D.A. Revolver

SN 7739 (1882), .45 cal, 5.5" barrel, nickel

left sideplate inscribed with a Rose and "Rose of the Cimarron".  Ornate Floral holster

Picture of Rose holding a 5.5" nickel Colt Model 1878

Rose was girlfriend to outlaw George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb a member of the Dalton & Doolin gangs, Newcomb was killed for a $5,000 reward by her brothers, the Dunn Brothers

 

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