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As far as I can tell from the pictures and the serial number, it is a rather badly used Army Special, made in 1924. It looks like it was heavily buffed (maybe was rusted) and then given a bad blue job, perhaps cold blue. The caliber should be .38 Special.
The bad news is that the gun has little value in that condition. Those are not high priced guns in any case, new condition ones only going for $600 or so. In the condition shown, that one might bring $100, but I think most folks probably would not want it at any price.
The family might want to keep it for sentimental value, but otherwise, it would be of little value. As a shooter, it would probably be safe to fire, but stick to standard .38 Special loads, no +P or +P+.
HTH
Jim
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