Please help me match up holsters with pistols

lugermom · 01-14-2026, 07:59 PM

Hello Parabellumites:
I have four Lugers and two holsters. I do not know whether either holster matches up with any of the guns.
Can you help? I know it's kind of like a kids' logic problem up in here.
Extra credit if anyone can read what's written under the name in the black holster. I suspect it's either the name of a town or an army affiliation (not exactly great sleuthing on my part.)

Anyhoo, hoping you experts can help out! :^)

lugermom · 01-14-2026, 08:05 PM

Here are photos. Pics of individual guns are clockwise from top left.

HerrKaiser · 01-14-2026, 10:34 PM

The 2 holsters go best with the 2 S/42 marked Lugers.

The 1914(?) DWM would best pair with an Imperial era holster.

The Mauser banner Luger would be better with a later dated Luger holster.

In practicality, the Germans were not super worried about holster and gun years matching up like we collectors are.

Bill_in_VA · 01-14-2026, 10:48 PM

The Mauser banner is a police gun and should have an appropriately dated police holster. I don’t generally chase holsters, but I think most would consider a holster dated within a year of the to be correct. E.g., 1939/1940/1941 holster date for a 1940 chamber date.

wlyon · 01-15-2026, 12:14 AM

Most collectors are happy with a holster the same date or one year earlier or later. As stated above the Germans did not worry about holster dates. They were separate purchase items. It's us collectors who have this fetish. Me to. Bill

lugermom · 01-15-2026, 01:31 PM

Thanks very much everyone, super helpful!

01-14-2026, 07:59 PM	#1
lugermom User Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 27 Thanks: 28 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Please help me match up holsters with pistols Hello Parabellumites: I have four Lugers and two holsters. I do not know whether either holster matches up with any of the guns. Can you help? I know it's kind of like a kids' logic problem up in here. Extra credit if anyone can read what's written under the name in the black holster. I suspect it's either the name of a town or an army affiliation (not exactly great sleuthing on my part.) Anyhoo, hoping you experts can help out! :^)

01-14-2026, 10:34 PM	#3
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 887 Thanks: 835 Thanked 896 Times in 433 Posts	The 2 holsters go best with the 2 S/42 marked Lugers. The 1914(?) DWM would best pair with an Imperial era holster. The Mauser banner Luger would be better with a later dated Luger holster. In practicality, the Germans were not super worried about holster and gun years matching up like we collectors are. __________________ -QM

01-14-2026, 10:48 PM	#4
Bill_in_VA Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 406 Thanks: 816 Thanked 611 Times in 221 Posts	The Mauser banner is a police gun and should have an appropriately dated police holster. I don’t generally chase holsters, but I think most would consider a holster dated within a year of the to be correct. E.g., 1939/1940/1941 holster date for a 1940 chamber date. __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

01-15-2026, 12:14 AM	#5
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,655 Times in 988 Posts	Most collectors are happy with a holster the same date or one year earlier or later. As stated above the Germans did not worry about holster dates. They were separate purchase items. It's us collectors who have this fetish. Me to. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

01-15-2026, 01:31 PM	#6
lugermom User Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 27 Thanks: 28 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	Thanks for the information Thanks very much everyone, super helpful!

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