Remove leather dye

Navy · 04-13-2003, 03:36 PM

Roland,
The reason for brown holsters in W.W.II is as stated in the Whittington citation I provided.
Brown holsters were Officer personnel and Luftwaffe.Obviously since there were FAR fewer officers,and not nearly as many Luftwaffe, there would be far fewer brown holsters. Luftwaffe holsters are also identified by a distinctive Luftwaffe acceptance stamp as they were not procured through the Heeres Waffen Ampt.

Ron's memory of the transition to the black shoe Army is probably a good scenario of what happened in 1916 when der Kompanie chef sprache "Herr Feldwebel; alles pistolen tache macht schwartz!" or better German to that effect. :-)
Hope this helps,

Tom A.

04-13-2003, 03:36 PM	#8
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Roland, The reason for brown holsters in W.W.II is as stated in the Whittington citation I provided. Brown holsters were Officer personnel and Luftwaffe.Obviously since there were FAR fewer officers,and not nearly as many Luftwaffe, there would be far fewer brown holsters. Luftwaffe holsters are also identified by a distinctive Luftwaffe acceptance stamp as they were not procured through the Heeres Waffen Ampt. Ron's memory of the transition to the black shoe Army is probably a good scenario of what happened in 1916 when der Kompanie chef sprache "Herr Feldwebel; alles pistolen tache macht schwartz!" or better German to that effect. :-) Hope this helps, Tom A.