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Most luger holsters are made of leather, steel buckles/studs and linen thred. On a few there are brass studs. This holster, however, has a constituent that differs from nearly all other luger holsters. What is that material or holster piece and when was this holster manufactured?
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Your holster appears to have the woven fabric lifting strap which were employed as field repairs in 1917 and 1918.

Tom A.

[quote]Originally posted by LP08:
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Where?

--Dwight

Yes, this holster has the course woven fabric lifting strap but on inspection it looks for all purposes to be original to the holster and not a fields repair. I don't own the holster but the owner and I looked it over and it looks original. Of course, it might be a replacement but I will look closer next time I see it. The holster is a black-dyed 1915 date and otherwise a standard WW1 P08 holster.

I had not read about or seen these cloth lifting
straps. Thanks for a good quiz and a good lesson.
I had to show the better half the lifting strap, she just rolled her eyes, could'nt believe guy's would do that. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I have run across a couple of these over the years, last time was at MAX 2 years ago. And read somehwere (Can't remember where) that it was a field repair. They are very uncommon.

Tom A.