[Oyeboten]

I don't know on that date...but...

On the right side, they have the 'New Navy' DA Revolver represented twice ( instead of maybe having the 'New Navy' and, the 'New Army' being each shown once ).


Otherwise, the year "1856" does not correspond to anything I know of.

 

[Oyeboten]

"Fire-Arms"?

All sorts of compound words used to be hyphenated.


Even up to only a few generations ago, many people still followed the practice.

Co-ordination...to-morrow...to-day...pass-time...Fire-Arms...on and on.

 

[Oyeboten]

"1856" and then "1891" may be the years in which the actual 'Colts' depicted were foaled, on who's likeness the Colt Emblem was based.


( Probably not, but, just something I was musing on! )

 

[Oyeboten]

Ahhh...makes sense - 1856 being the year of their New Factory and ( more importantly, their new ) Business re-Organization, hence, was the starting Point for then on.

Interesting!

 

[Oyeboten]

Still not as bad as when General Motors was touting their 100th Anniversary in the mid-latter 1990s...Lol...