Help with Black AWM -3-11 Holster

[George Anderson]

Originally Posted by Pistol

The early holster teamed with the unit marks and commercial pistol lead to the plausible assumption that the gun was carried by an officer.

The unit markings are Infantry Regiment 2, Second Battalion Staff and Infantry Regiment 16, First Battalion staff. I can not give you more details on the unit markings at this time as I am away from my library.


Was that you George with the above answer. Thanks for that answer. But you have to excuse my ingnorance as the previous poster pointed out. I was not certain if that was WWI or WWII. See complete questions from this post.
I'm sure you assumed I knew which War the regiments served.

Yes, they are WWI or earlier markings and lend strong credibility to the chances that the pistol was an officer's private purchase pistol