Just followed the excellant instructions on this site for disassembly.
Yes, the side plate has a number "4" on it. does it mean anything?
yes, the firing pin and the hold open have the last 2 digits correct as does the toggle pin. every part and number match.
the backstap and front of the frame are turning a little brown as you can see from the photo. other than that it seems to have a little holster where but looks like it was fired very little.
thank you again for your help.