Identify maker

caflashbob · 10-20-2011, 09:03 PM

Picked up a 1941 dated P08 marked holster. Hard to read the manufacturer name. Seems to be GE ***HOW & CO AG then berlin at the bottom 1941. WaA stamped and a nazi eagle.

Who made this? Any info?

mrerick · 10-20-2011, 09:15 PM

Sounds like it was made for or by Gustav Genschow (=Geco) Berlin-Treptow. They were active from the late 1880s

I've got one of their .22 youth rifles made in the 1920s...

Owned by a Jewish family, it's assets were apparently taken over by the Nazi government in the late 1930s.

There is currently a company linked to the name. Details at:

http://www.genschow.com/engl/english.htm

Marc

Edward Tinker · 10-20-2011, 09:25 PM

Marc, I did not know that Genschow was GECO

Learn something new everyday

mrerick · 10-20-2011, 09:33 PM

I learned about GeCo when a co-worker told me his recently deceased uncle had left a rifle he'd brought back form WW-II...

I had visions of a K98....

What he brought me was a GeCo youth rifle - a .22 from the mid 1920s.

That lead to my research into Gustav Genschow...

Since, I've seen a couple of the Mauser action .22 rifles used in Germany for training, and would really enjoy finding one.

The Genschow was well made and a nice example of work from that era...

Marc

alanint · 10-20-2011, 09:55 PM

They are also a well known ammunition maker who pioneered defence loadings with the Geco BAT, (Blitz Action Trauma) round.

They are currently the official round of the World IPSC association.

caflashbob · 10-21-2011, 09:34 PM

You guys are good. Nice quality and good condition goes well with my u block 1941 matching byf which I have not posted here yet. Had it for 22 years. Traded a j frame 38 for it. Now a holster and 655 tool. What's left to go with my 41 byf?

10-20-2011, 09:03 PM	#1
caflashbob User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Identify maker Picked up a 1941 dated P08 marked holster. Hard to read the manufacturer name. Seems to be GE ***HOW & CO AG then berlin at the bottom 1941. WaA stamped and a nazi eagle. Who made this? Any info?

10-20-2011, 09:15 PM	#2
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	Sounds like it was made for or by Gustav Genschow (=Geco) Berlin-Treptow. They were active from the late 1880s I've got one of their .22 youth rifles made in the 1920s... Owned by a Jewish family, it's assets were apparently taken over by the Nazi government in the late 1930s. There is currently a company linked to the name. Details at: http://www.genschow.com/engl/english.htm Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

10-20-2011, 09:25 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Marc, I did not know that Genschow was GECO Learn something new everyday __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

10-20-2011, 09:33 PM	#4
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	I learned about GeCo when a co-worker told me his recently deceased uncle had left a rifle he'd brought back form WW-II... I had visions of a K98.... What he brought me was a GeCo youth rifle - a .22 from the mid 1920s. That lead to my research into Gustav Genschow... Since, I've seen a couple of the Mauser action .22 rifles used in Germany for training, and would really enjoy finding one. The Genschow was well made and a nice example of work from that era... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

10-21-2011, 09:34 PM	#6
caflashbob User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Holster You guys are good. Nice quality and good condition goes well with my u block 1941 matching byf which I have not posted here yet. Had it for 22 years. Traded a j frame 38 for it. Now a holster and 655 tool. What's left to go with my 41 byf?

10-20-2011, 09:55 PM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	They are also a well known ammunition maker who pioneered defence loadings with the Geco BAT, (Blitz Action Trauma) round. They are currently the official round of the World IPSC association.

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