Sounds like you have a Field Grade NID Model Ithaca from around 1929 or 30. I don't have Walter Snyder's book here in Kodiak to check the exact year. During that era the Field Grades were what is called nowadays the "Star Model" --



The NID Model Ithaca replaced the Flues Model in 1926, with serial numbers beginning at 425000. The NID was designed to handle modern SAAMI spec ammunition. About 46000 NIDs were made from 1926 to 1948.

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