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Matching dated holsters often occurred--the point though, is it is irrelevant. They matched the pistol date because they just happened to match the pistol date. It was purely accidental. Supply personnel in any army or company for that matter verify that an item is compliant with requirements and that it is not out-of-date. If acceptable, it is issued. There is no reason or rule in any military to further associate a specific holster with a specific date pistol. Only to see that the correct revision holster is issued with the associated type pistol.


As to color, some are brown and some are black. An early luger author stated that brown was luftwaffe and black other. This does not explain the issue quantities in each color or why the tradition of mixed brown and black holsters dates from 1915 or earlier (earliest black made holster I know is dated 1915).


I have even seen light tan luger holsters (one 1918 and one 1938).