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Officially the Pistol, Revolver No. 2 Mk 1*. The cartridge was the Cartridge, Revolver, .380 Inch, Mk 2, sometimes called the .38/200 because an obsolete version used a 200 grain bullet. In fact, the WWII cartridge used a jacketed 178 grain bullet. The cartridge case is the same as that of the .38 S&W cartridge, and .38 S&W (not .38 Special) can be fired in that revolver.
The No. 2 revolver was the standard British service pistol (revolver) of WWII. It resembles the Webley Mk IV, which was also used in WWII, but it is not a Webley nor made by Webley.
This might sound silly, but check to see if there is a hole through the barrel. That was one of the guns copied to make non-firing "collector" dummy guns and is the only one whose copy fooled me into thinking it was real. The copy was actually better made than the original!
Jim
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