Pics of "Rickyboy"s Holster...

lugerholsterrepair · 10-23-2003, 04:53 PM

Tom, Gunman, These opinions you give are somewhat criptic, correct though they are.

I am sure our new member in Buenos Aires would like to know why we are of this opinion.

The holster is a 1916 make and in itself is not suspect. Made during the first World War. It would have no reason to have these later marks applied except perhaps fantasy purposes or for fraud.

The RZM mark is relatively rare, this represents the agency responsible for placing manufacturing contracts and supervising quality control for the paramilitary forces of the NSDAP. This mark is seen most often on metal products. A letter would signify the company and numbers signify the class of goods and another number to identify the supplier.

The SS runes were not applied to everything the SS used and almost never on leather P-08 holsters.At least from what I have been able to observe.

The eagle on the closure strap at first looks like a Waffenampt but then peters out to? The tip of the closure strap is certainly an unusual place for any stamp.

These stamps were obviously applied sometime after the holster was made...Like twenty years after if they were authentic,which in my opinion they are not, but certainly many years later.

The holster by itself is quite nice for a 1916 and if these spurious marks were not present I would believe it's value would be in the $200-$250.00 range. With the marks I would say it is in the $150.00 to $175.00 range.

Rick, I hope this helps and Welcome to the Forum! Jerry Burney

10-23-2003, 04:53 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Tom, Gunman, These opinions you give are somewhat criptic, correct though they are. I am sure our new member in Buenos Aires would like to know why we are of this opinion. The holster is a 1916 make and in itself is not suspect. Made during the first World War. It would have no reason to have these later marks applied except perhaps fantasy purposes or for fraud. The RZM mark is relatively rare, this represents the agency responsible for placing manufacturing contracts and supervising quality control for the paramilitary forces of the NSDAP. This mark is seen most often on metal products. A letter would signify the company and numbers signify the class of goods and another number to identify the supplier. The SS runes were not applied to everything the SS used and almost never on leather P-08 holsters.At least from what I have been able to observe. The eagle on the closure strap at first looks like a Waffenampt but then peters out to? The tip of the closure strap is certainly an unusual place for any stamp. These stamps were obviously applied sometime after the holster was made...Like twenty years after if they were authentic,which in my opinion they are not, but certainly many years later. The holster by itself is quite nice for a 1916 and if these spurious marks were not present I would believe it's value would be in the $200-$250.00 range. With the marks I would say it is in the $150.00 to $175.00 range. Rick, I hope this helps and Welcome to the Forum! Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."