What a great gift.
Based on the fact that the case colors are cyanide type and not bone charcoal, along with the visible buffing line behind the bolster, I would say your gun was re-colored by Delgrego at some time in the past.
Wood looks to have been refinished as well.
26" barrels on a 12g would have been a special order length. Uncommon, but not as uncommon as even shorter lengths.
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B. Dudley
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