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10-20-2011, 09:03 PM | #1 |
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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.
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10-20-2011, 09:15 PM | #2 |
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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
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Marc, I did not know that Genschow was GECO
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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
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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. |
10-21-2011, 09:34 PM | #6 |
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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?
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