As I said, it does not surprise me that they started ordering the holster before manufacturing the P29 on large scale. However, I'd be surprised if those holsters were intended to be distributed with new P06 despite the fact that this has not been reported(?). (They were though most likely used as a substitution holster if a P06 holster got lost or unrepairably damaged). As mentioned above, the manufacturing of the holsters and of the pistols most likely followed different channels to serve different economic objectives.
Obviously, the W+F was not as deeply affected by the economic crisis as the private saddlers under contract with the state for supplying holsters.
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