{"id":30230,"date":"2026-08-23T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/this-sw-revolver-went-to-war-in-1918\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:15:03","slug":"this-sw-revolver-went-to-war-in-1918","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/this-sw-revolver-went-to-war-in-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"This S&#038;W Revolver Went to War in 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yKp0kN-CX7U?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Manufactured in 1918, this Smith &#038; Wesson M1917 represents a unique chapter in American military history. As the United States expanded its forces during World War I, revolvers like this helped fill a critical need for sidearms. Paired with its period holster rig and equipment, it offers a glimpse into what an American serviceman might have carried more than a century ago.<\/p>\n<p>@1911syndicate <br \/>@SmithAndWessonInc <\/p>\n<p>#SmithAndWesson #WW1History #WorldWar1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufactured in 1918, this Smith &#038; Wesson M1917 represents a unique chapter in American military history. As the United States expanded its forces during World War I, revolvers like this helped fill a critical need for sidearms. Paired with its period holster rig and equipment, it offers a glimpse into what an American serviceman might&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/this-sw-revolver-went-to-war-in-1918\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This S&#038;W Revolver Went to War in 1918<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":30231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}