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These two photos show the United States property markings that are found on British Lend Lease revolvers.

Throughout the war, the .38 S&W Military & Police revolvers were used by British, Canadian, New Zealand, and Australian armed forces. Some of the Australian M&Ps were in service long after the war, remaining in use until the 1980s.

Small .38 S&W-chambered revolvers like this one from US Revolver Company were made by the hundreds of thousands

Other countries enjoyed the use of surplus .38 S&W revolvers as well. The Royal Hong Kong and Royal Singaporean Police were both supplied with Webley Mk III and Mk IV .38 S&W revolvers that were not retired until the 1970s. The Ordnance Factory Board of India to this day still manufactures ammunition for surplus .38 S&Ws in the form of the 178-grain .380 Mk IIz cartridge.

After World War II, Smith & Wesson continued production of the .38 S&W Military & Police revolvers and sold them to British Commonwealth countries. The gun was never officially catalogued but did become known as the Model 11 in 1957. Production finally stopped in 1965, and now any post-WWII Military & Police .38 S&W revolvers are desirable collector’s items.