1939 Berlin "Odd" Holster?

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Recently, I discovered some of my father's WWII items in a lock box. He was in the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944, and while fighting in the village of St. Vith, Belgium, captured a 1918 Luger from a German soldier who sadly found himself in my father's sights.

Although this captured Lugar was a 1918 Imperial firearm, the holster was a A. Fischer Berliin C2 1939. I have researched these 3rd Reich holsters and haven't found any that looks like this one.

First, it appears that someone (not my father) had removed the clip pouch from the from face of the holster, then trimmed the flap to remove the portion that covered the top of the spare clip. That is not my mystery.

What is unusual is, all the Military 3rd Reich holsters I have ever seen have a small tool pouch sewn into the inner flap as well as a leather tab to help extract the gun from the holster.

This holster does not have that pouch and there are no tell-tale thread marks where one would have been. The holster also doesn't have a leather tab for gun extraction but does have a heavy leather strap sewn on the inside surface of the flap that extends into the holster, curves and is sewn onto the inside face of the holster front face.

Although this holster is 71 years old, it has been in my father's a lock box since he returned in 1945 and is remarkable condition considering it was a battlefield aquisition. The leather is supple, very slight surface cracking on the exterior of the flap and the rest of the holster is extremely smooth and has highly polished leather surfaces.

I would like to ask if anyone has ever seen a holster fitting this description. I have attached 5 digital pictures to assist in the identification. Please feel free to email for additional pictures as I hope someone can assist me in it's identification or history of origin.

Best Regards,
Ed Vedder
ejvedder@comcast.net