Victory model. They were made during WWII for the Military. SN's ran from V1 in 1942 to V769000 in 1944.V12***
Not much to go on. S&W reused the same serial numbers on many different models of guns over the years.It has a six digit serial # 178xxx
38 Military & Police. SN's ran from C1 in 1948 to C223998 in 1951.The bottom is marked with a C then a bunch of space and then 41904