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BILL · 11-19-2001, 02:45 PM

Holsters were not matched to the pistol. The pistols were shipped in wooden crates from the armory and had nothing to do with the procurement of the holsters. If the soldier was issued a pistol some guy would go back and grab the closest holster he could find. There was no effort made to match the date on the holster to the pistol. The answer to your question is "fiction". The question might be reconstructed to ask "Is this holster correct for this Luger?". That can mean "correct" for the time period (i.e. During WWI no one was issued any nazi marked holsters since they didn't yet exist). A 1938,1939,1940,1941 holster could have been original equipment with a Luger from any of those years. The holsters all came from outside contracts. The manufacturer and the year could be different for two sequential serialized Lugers. I hope this helps answer your question.

11-19-2001, 02:45 PM	#2
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: matching luger and holster date fact or fiction Holsters were not matched to the pistol. The pistols were shipped in wooden crates from the armory and had nothing to do with the procurement of the holsters. If the soldier was issued a pistol some guy would go back and grab the closest holster he could find. There was no effort made to match the date on the holster to the pistol. The answer to your question is "fiction". The question might be reconstructed to ask "Is this holster correct for this Luger?". That can mean "correct" for the time period (i.e. During WWI no one was issued any nazi marked holsters since they didn't yet exist). A 1938,1939,1940,1941 holster could have been original equipment with a Luger from any of those years. The holsters all came from outside contracts. The manufacturer and the year could be different for two sequential serialized Lugers. I hope this helps answer your question.