WWII Luger, Holster

Navy · 10-08-2003, 04:27 PM

Doublebogey,
There is no such thing as "originally matching" when you refer to a Luger pistol and holster because they were handled as two separate commodities and were supplied by two separate bureaucracies within the German Military.

The pistols were procured and managed by the Heereswaffenampt, loosely, Army Weapons Office/bureau; the holsters were procured as items of clothing and personal equipment by the Bekleidungsamt (SP?), loosely the Clothing Depot Service.

So any "matching" of date (?), manufacture locale (?) or any other characteristic would be purely happenstance.

As far as tracing the manufacturer of your holster, the WaA 195 may help to narrow it down, but there are probably some alpha-numeric markings on the rear of your holster that should enable positive ID of the manufacturer.

If you don't see them, sometimes the top of the belt loop covers them.

Hope this helps,
Tom A

10-08-2003, 04:27 PM	#2
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Doublebogey, There is no such thing as "originally matching" when you refer to a Luger pistol and holster because they were handled as two separate commodities and were supplied by two separate bureaucracies within the German Military. The pistols were procured and managed by the Heereswaffenampt, loosely, Army Weapons Office/bureau; the holsters were procured as items of clothing and personal equipment by the Bekleidungsamt (SP?), loosely the Clothing Depot Service. So any "matching" of date (?), manufacture locale (?) or any other characteristic would be purely happenstance. As far as tracing the manufacturer of your holster, the WaA 195 may help to narrow it down, but there are probably some alpha-numeric markings on the rear of your holster that should enable positive ID of the manufacturer. If you don't see them, sometimes the top of the belt loop covers them. Hope this helps, Tom A