New Acquisition From NGD 2008 - Page 2

wlyon · 03-02-2008, 10:04 PM

Joe. Very very nice. Thanks for sharing. I have a Krieghoff holster with WALZ inside on the closing strap. Does anyone know what this is about? Bill

Big Norm · 03-06-2008, 01:30 AM

Joe,
very nice purchase. Be very careful with that holster. A 1918 dated holster is a hard find for perfectionist collectors who try to match up the date of the holster to the date on the chamber on the gun. Because the manufacturers mark are in the rough leather, the marks might be too easily rubbed off in time. So be careful, you have a good find there.

Maybe what you will have to do is find a good 1918 dated artillery rig to match up to your holster. With a little luck it might have a 1917 dated holster with it. Then you'll have two arties matched up.

Big Norm

JoeP.08 · 03-11-2008, 10:14 PM

Thank you for your responses.

Jerry & Norm:

I posted this on the NAPCA site a while ago, but I thought I'd share it with you and the membership. Here's a little add on I thought the both of you would appreciate. This was the first arty holster I purchased and have had it for some time now. I found a mag pouch on EBay several months after I purchased the holster. After I won the auction and got the pouch home I realized its the same maker mark and date as the holster. I found the second mag pouch over a year later on EBay and wanted it because it was dated and marked the same. When I got that pouch home I discovered it had the same Depot stamp as stamped on the inside flap/cover of the holster.

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0847_2.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0852.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0854_2.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0858.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0860_2.jpg

http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0862_2.jpg

Thanks again for your replies and "Happy Collecting!"

Joe Pirolo

JoeP.08 · 03-14-2008, 08:46 PM

I was looking through Still's, "Central Powers Pistols", 2007, and it appears some stats have changed. 1917 DWM LP.08 is still the most common encountered LP08 with an estimated production of 90,000 but unit marked '17 arties are now estimated at five percent. There are also four Lugers unit marked to the 72nd Reserve photographed in this reference book. Mine makes five. Oh well, not as scarce as I thought, but I'm still grinning!

03-02-2008, 10:04 PM	#21
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,618 Thanks: 3,141 Thanked 2,526 Times in 942 Posts	Joe. Very very nice. Thanks for sharing. I have a Krieghoff holster with WALZ inside on the closing strap. Does anyone know what this is about? Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

03-11-2008, 10:14 PM	#23
JoeP.08 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CT Posts: 159 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thank you for your responses. Jerry & Norm: I posted this on the NAPCA site a while ago, but I thought I'd share it with you and the membership. Here's a little add on I thought the both of you would appreciate. This was the first arty holster I purchased and have had it for some time now. I found a mag pouch on EBay several months after I purchased the holster. After I won the auction and got the pouch home I realized its the same maker mark and date as the holster. I found the second mag pouch over a year later on EBay and wanted it because it was dated and marked the same. When I got that pouch home I discovered it had the same Depot stamp as stamped on the inside flap/cover of the holster. http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0847_2.jpg http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0852.jpg http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0854_2.jpg http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0858.jpg http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0860_2.jpg http://forum.lugerforum.com/lfupload/dscn0862_2.jpg Thanks again for your replies and "Happy Collecting!" Joe Pirolo __________________ "It's good to be a great man but it's great to be a good man." Joseph F. Pirolo Sr. (1934-2010)

03-14-2008, 08:46 PM	#24
JoeP.08 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CT Posts: 159 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I was looking through Still's, "Central Powers Pistols", 2007, and it appears some stats have changed. 1917 DWM LP.08 is still the most common encountered LP08 with an estimated production of 90,000 but unit marked '17 arties are now estimated at five percent. There are also four Lugers unit marked to the 72nd Reserve photographed in this reference book. Mine makes five. Oh well, not as scarce as I thought, but I'm still grinning! __________________ "It's good to be a great man but it's great to be a good man." Joseph F. Pirolo Sr. (1934-2010)

03-06-2008, 01:30 AM	#22
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Joe, very nice purchase. Be very careful with that holster. A 1918 dated holster is a hard find for perfectionist collectors who try to match up the date of the holster to the date on the chamber on the gun. Because the manufacturers mark are in the rough leather, the marks might be too easily rubbed off in time. So be careful, you have a good find there. Maybe what you will have to do is find a good 1918 dated artillery rig to match up to your holster. With a little luck it might have a 1917 dated holster with it. Then you'll have two arties matched up. Big Norm