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lugerholsterrepair · 06-14-2009, 03:10 PM

Sweet! Cordovan holsters fall into that WHAT? catagory..not black, not brown now who the heck used them according to color? It just prooves there were some loosening of protocol when it came to leather equiptment color.
Since most branches of the German Armed Forces had their own mandates there is apparently no hard & fast rule about color. I suspect there was also a leniency for Officers that Enlisted Soldiers were not allowed.
That being said...we have the fine example shown above of George's cordovan/burgandy holster. It is in an Army configuration, WaA marked as Military accepted in 1939. This MUST have been an accepted color for general issue at this time. It is NOT an Officer private purchase holster.
Does anyone out there have a cordovan holster dated 1940 or later? I know there are plenty of tan ones...

Jerry Burney

06-14-2009, 03:10 PM	#14
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Sweet! Cordovan holsters fall into that WHAT? catagory..not black, not brown now who the heck used them according to color? It just prooves there were some loosening of protocol when it came to leather equiptment color. Since most branches of the German Armed Forces had their own mandates there is apparently no hard & fast rule about color. I suspect there was also a leniency for Officers that Enlisted Soldiers were not allowed. That being said...we have the fine example shown above of George's cordovan/burgandy holster. It is in an Army configuration, WaA marked as Military accepted in 1939. This MUST have been an accepted color for general issue at this time. It is NOT an Officer private purchase holster. Does anyone out there have a cordovan holster dated 1940 or later? I know there are plenty of tan ones... Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."