WWI Turkish Holsters

[mauro]

Dear fellows,
Among the rarest holsters that can be found for the Imperial Artillery Luger, the Turkish variation is for sure one of the most interesting.
A long tradition starting from Paul Mauser links the Ottoman Empire with Germany weapon factories.

The LP08 was used in Turkey during WWI as proofed by historical pictures. One of the pictures I like more is the following where you can see Enver Pasha firing with his LP08.

Years ago I was lucky enough to buy on of this holster that is well described in my web site. This holster is well known because has been described in several articles.

Personally I have not seen any other Turkish holster until a few weeks ago when a second one resurfaced in Turkey with the related LP08.

A Turkish collector friend of mine inform me about this discover and I had the possibility of buying it.

You can notice some familiarities between the two holsters although the last discovered shown a higher level of workmanship.

Both holsters have a high quality but the decorations of the recent holster are really nice.

They are two rare items…

Enver Pasha firing with his LP08:



Front view of the two Holsters, the bottom one is the recently discovered:


Back view of the two holsters:


Closeup photo of the holster found a few years ago:


Closeup photos of the nice decorations applied to the recently discovered holster: