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Pete Ebbink · 01-01-2007, 12:30 PM

Aaron,

I think there are way too many cut-down Arty holsters to attribute them to WWI USA-GI's in Germany...

I suspect many un-issued LP-08 holsters never got out to the German troops and these left-over ones were modified to meet the holster needs in the 1920's in Germany and to meet the short-barrel restrictions in place.

The holster makers in German probably looked to their existing inventory and needed to figure out what to do with them all.

I have run across one cut-down Navy...done in a similar fashion. I tried to buy it, but was not successful.

Adding the GI web belt hanger to any holster is pretty easy to do.

01-01-2007, 12:30 PM	#11
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Aaron, I think there are way too many cut-down Arty holsters to attribute them to WWI USA-GI's in Germany... I suspect many un-issued LP-08 holsters never got out to the German troops and these left-over ones were modified to meet the holster needs in the 1920's in Germany and to meet the short-barrel restrictions in place. The holster makers in German probably looked to their existing inventory and needed to figure out what to do with them all. I have run across one cut-down Navy...done in a similar fashion. I tried to buy it, but was not successful. Adding the GI web belt hanger to any holster is pretty easy to do.