Test Eagle and Holster

Pete Ebbink · 05-20-2007, 11:54 AM

All of the TE holsters on their BACK sides have the initials of EHS" stamped below the RIA stamping.

M. Reese indicated in his little book on the Test guns that "EHS" stood for the inspector E.H. Schmitten.

Regarding the other initials that appear or may not appear on the bottom portion of the front flap :

Just a WAG...but rather than being another set secondary inspectors' stamps, might these be the "added" initials of someone to whom the gun and holster was issued to during the Trials ?

If the front flap initials are another set of inspector stamps, it seems difficult to believe some left the factory with a secondary set of inspector's stamping while other holsters left the leather factory without them. As I recall all 1,000 holster were ordered and made very quickly and in short order.

An officier/soldier adding his own initials makes more sense...at least in my mind.

Also...some photos in various Luger books shows this flap-initial stamping rightside up and others upside down.

Initials observed on the front flapss of some of these holsters in some of the Luger books include "HD", "AJL" (upside down), "WC" (upside down).

Not sure if inspectors stamping the front flap at the factory would place their initials upside down...

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05-20-2007, 11:54 AM	#11
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	All of the TE holsters on their BACK sides have the initials of EHS" stamped below the RIA stamping. M. Reese indicated in his little book on the Test guns that "EHS" stood for the inspector E.H. Schmitten. Regarding the other initials that appear or may not appear on the bottom portion of the front flap : Just a WAG...but rather than being another set secondary inspectors' stamps, might these be the "added" initials of someone to whom the gun and holster was issued to during the Trials ? If the front flap initials are another set of inspector stamps, it seems difficult to believe some left the factory with a secondary set of inspector's stamping while other holsters left the leather factory without them. As I recall all 1,000 holster were ordered and made very quickly and in short order. An officier/soldier adding his own initials makes more sense...at least in my mind. Also...some photos in various Luger books shows this flap-initial stamping rightside up and others upside down. Initials observed on the front flapss of some of these holsters in some of the Luger books include "HD", "AJL" (upside down), "WC" (upside down). Not sure if inspectors stamping the front flap at the factory would place their initials upside down...