One of a pair of .44 caliber Colt Whitneyville Hartford Presentation Dragoon Revolvers, silver chased, presented to Brigadier General G. W. Morgan by the citizens of Knox Co., OH, for his service in ...

The Colt depicted is a Third Model Dragoon percussion revolver (ca. 1853). A Colt with such lavish decoration and gold inlay is extremely rare. 1840 - Guns begin to use pin-fire cartridges.