2 interesting small holsters - buttons
 

I found these 2 holsters locally, both have similar push button closures with the familiar pattern we also see on Dutch military equipment for the Dutch East-Indies (KNIL) and on older German equipment.

Still no clue on who actually made these buttons.

The left holster is of a soft leather and the silhouette suggests it was used to carry a small revolver.

The right one is made of tougher leather, has a magazine pouch and is of the right size to fit a smaller pocket pistol like the Mauser M1910 or something of similar size.

No additional markings, but both show their age and the quality of manufacture well.

When you say 'buttons', are these 'snap' closures??? that is, does the 'cap' on the flap snap over a round stud on the holster body??? Or are they actual buttons, that slip through a slit in the flap??? :confused:

They are snap closures.

They remind me of the "buttons" on the straps of WWI fighting knives. Perhaps a generic maker that supplied many holster / sheath makers.

G2

Correct, you also see them on WW1 trench knive scabbards.

Also on early 20th Century Northern European civilian garments.

Vilm, here is another discussion about these snaps in 2004
http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...hlight=holster
B Regds, John

I have had a couple of larger holsters with those buttons