WWI Holster Marking...
 

This WWI holster just appeared on e-Bay :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...290524639&rd=1

Anyone seen a holster marking like this before ?

http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfuploa...er_marking.jpg

http://forums.lugerforum.com/lfuploa..._marking_1.jpg

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Pete, I don't recall seeing anything like it...Jerry Burney

Pete,
* Yes.
* I own a '18 HKO; although, I seem to remember mine being marked between the belt loops. It has a Bavarian C/I mark also.
* John Walter, The Luger Book, Pg. 137 states: On pre-1918 PT.08 and magazine/ammo pouches, HKO over M�¼nchen has been reported on Bavarian holsters in conjunction with a distinctive Crown "I", "II", or "III". At the time of this writing no satisfactory explanation of these marks has been offered."
* Since that time, an Auto Mag article surfaced in Vol. XXX, Pg. 243 offering an explanation of the Crown marking as: "One of the 3 Bavarian region of commands during 1914-1918".
- 1st Army Corp in S�¼d Bayern with M�¼nich as the center of command,
- 2nd Army Corp in Unterfranken und Pfalz with W�¼rzburg as the center, and
- 3rd Army Corp in Nord-Bayern with N�¼rnburg as the center.
* Each Corp center had its own "Bekeidungsamt", clothing procurement/distribution office, responsible for leather.
* Unfortunately, I have not yet found an explanation for who "HKO" is. Anyone have further ID info on HKO?
Respectfully,
Bob

Great discussion guys! ...perhaps one of you might ask this question over on Jan Still's forum if we don't get a definitive answer here in the next day or so...