Holster markings?
 

Picked-up a very nice 1915-dated holster at a local auction (with a very nice WW2 P08 holster, too).
The older one is marked:
'PATENT - CARTONAGEN - FABRIK
-------M BERLIN 0. 27.

S.A. 7. F. 61. 1915

X '

the above under the flap on the front of the holster.
And on the back of the holster, the number '106'.

I understand the manufacturer's name as the Patent (cardboard) Packaging Manufactory, can't make out the letters ahead of the 'M', and wonder about the unit identity, etc.
Any input appreciated.

PRD1 - mhb - Mike

Photos would help. Is there anything before or after the "X"? The only thing close that I can come up with is Saxon Field Artillery Regiment 7. Is it possible that the "F" you indicate could be an R?

How about:

Feld-Signal Abteilung 7th Fernsprecher weapon 61 'X' could be part of a corps designator.

Thanks for the responses...
 

The 'F' is definitely an F.
I'll see if I can come-up with useable photos.

PRD1 - mhb - Mike

Photos...
 

PRD1 - mhb - Mike

It's a Reichswehr marking, Sanitaets-Farhrpersonal 7, Waffe 61.

Thank you!
 

So, the unit marking is actually post-WW1.
PRD1 - mhb - Mike

Converted Reichswehr revolver holster?

I'm not familiar enough...
 

with German military holsters to have a valid opinion, but from inspection, it appears to me to be an original Luger holster.

PRD1 - mhb - Mike

Looks like someone replaced the majority of the holster toe. Could we see a photo of the back? Bill

Not only that, Bill, but it has a patch on the top of the holster lid, and the lid's edge looks like it was cut down by hand. Clearly a modified holster of some kind.

More photos...
 

Per request. I don't know how much these will help answer the questions posed, but I can tell you the following things from close inspection:
1. The toe of the holster has not been replaced - rather, a re-inforcement has been sewn into the inside of the toe, rather like the stiffening piece at the top-back under the belt loops, and this accounts for the stitched seam across the front of the holster.
2. There is a patch sewn on the top of the flap.
3. The flap shows no evidence of having been 'trimmed'.

PRD1 - mhb - Mike