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02-21-2007, 10:44 PM | #1 |
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Favorite WWII-era Holster Makers?
While reading Jan Still's "Third Reich Lugers" I was surprised to see all the different manufacturers (over seventy) who supplied holsters to the German armed forces during WWII. I'm merely a Luger enthusiast, but I'm wondering if the collectors who frequent this site have any particular favorites among this long list of holster makers?
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02-21-2007, 10:54 PM | #2 |
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Favorite is 1935 dated military holsters.
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02-21-2007, 11:00 PM | #3 |
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eqr 42 holster with WaA 750 markings. It was made in G Passier Sohne, Sattlerwarenfabrik, strasse de S.A. Hannover 1W Niedersachen.
It has one repair on the flap that appears to have been done professionally perhaps at the factory to repair a very neat cut perhaps made by error during it manufacture. Does anyone know when the last wartime Luger holsters were made? Mike |
02-22-2007, 05:31 AM | #4 |
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A few 1944 dated holsters have been documented as original. To my knowledge, no 1945 dated holsters have been documented to be original.
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