Holster help

[wlyon]

Matt
Curious where you got this info?? All my references show E.K.St for Ehrhardt &,Kirsten WaA 101 and 170. Also later bdq. Bill

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Originally Posted by wlyon

Matt
Curious where you got this info?? All my references show E.K.St for Ehrhardt &,Kirsten WaA 101 and 170. Also later bdq. Bill

Bill,

I'm curious to know what references you have that state EK St. is for Ehrhardt & Kristen????
Ehrhardt & Kristen is located in Leipzig.
So what would the "St." stand for?

Whenever you see an abbreviation like this, the Germans used the first letter and last letter of the city the maker is located in. So "St." the "S" would be the first letter, and the "t" would be the last letter. Stuttgart is the only possibility. Plus the WaA inspector at that time (1938-1939) in Stuttgart was WaA101, which is what is on this holster.

Also, WaA inspector located in Stuttgart would not be used in Leipzig at the same time. Inspectors were assigned to regions or districts.
I have no records of WaA 101 inspector ever being used in Leipzig area. The only WaA inspector assigned to Leipzig area was WaA170.

You can certainly feel free to research the WaA info I posted as well as the maker I posted, and see for yourself.

As for WaA 101, makers that used it were;
- Auwaerter und Bubeck
- Karl Hepting u. Co.
- Ernst Kurz.

All located in Stuttgart. The only other holster maker that used WaA 101 was J.J. Schlayer
located in Reutlingen, which is a few miles south of Stuttgart.


Makers that used WaA 170;
- Ehrhardt und Kirsten, Leipzig
- Otto Graf, Leipzig
- Sparfeld, Leipzig
- Albin Scholle, Zeitz (which is a few miles south of Leipzig)
- Ehrhardt & Kirsten, Taucka (2nd location for them, which is a few miles north east of Leipzig)

Hope this helps.

Matt