</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Aaron:
<strong>I just cannot accept the fact that the German war production machine had access to so much good quality leather during 1944, as evidenced by the fact that so many military products at that time were made of ersatz leather. During this critical late war period the production of leather boots practically came to a halt, so why would such valuable leather be squandered on mere holsters? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Interesting observation from the book "Forgotten Soldier" that I just read yesterday; this is Spring 1944... </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">...However, the cloth of the uniforms was of very inferior quality... The new boots were also markedly inferior, of rough, stiff, 4th quality leather...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">If boots were poor quality and the troops were walking everywhere, I can't imagine that holsters were of a higher need.
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