Have no clue about the holster, except that it is modified and would be worth more if it were not. If you were patient, I feel that a nicer Arty could be had for notably less. I bought a #s matching 1918 that was nicely refinished with a MecGar mag from Ralph Shattuck right before he died and paid $1600. Soon after I was seeing similar items here for a few hundred less and regretted buying it. However, that was over 2 years ago. YMMV