My 1938 S/42,

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Originally Posted by CAP Black

I believe the holster is in the era of 1934-1935. I have a 1934 with that extra flap. It is to hold cleaning patches. The cleaning rod is held by a little sleeve just below and to the left of the tool pouch.

That makes sense, I wondered that it was not for the rod, as it is off center with the little sleeve and that would make the holster difficult to close. I just cut a batch of patches to go in