Wyatt Earp Peacemaker Brass Gun Butt Tag

GUN BUTT GRIP TAG, a solid brass with "Wyatt Earp Peacemaker" and "From The Grateful People of Dodge City April 1878". It is curved with four mounting holes and an antique finish. Shaped to be attached to a curved wood gun grip. It measures 2 inches long and 1 3/4 inches wide. Certain myths have grown up around Wyatt's time as a Dodge City lawman. One is the story of the special-order Colt "Peacemaker" revolvers with extra-long barrels presented in 1876 to Earp, Masterson, and three other Dodge City personalities by the flamboyant "Ned Buntline" (Edward Judson), a wealthy writer of dime novels who lived in Stamford, New York.