Check this one out and tell me what you think.
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The holster is post war West German Police.....BILLComment
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It is EXACTLY like the one that came with the gun, marked "Geco". Is the year stamp fake or am I reading it wrong. I can return it, but I need the experts' assistance!!!!Comment
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This is the only type of HP holster I've ever seen or heard of being used by the Germans in WWII. My opinion is that the stamp is definitely a fake. Sorry.
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I agree with Bill. The year stamp is fake. That is a post war holster. The only holsters used for the HP by the Germans were the break-away types like the one shown above by Rich.
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I disagree with the above. There were other styles of holsters used with pistols by the Germans. I can not say for sure that the other styles were made by the Germans or part of some captured stocks in Belgium. Advanced HP collectors know of these buckle strap Flaped brown holsters that can often found with LW eagles ink stamped inside the flap and sometimes found die stamped in locations as well.Originally posted by Matt Weber View PostI agree with Bill. The year stamp is fake. That is a post war holster. The only holsters used for the HP by the Germans were the break-away types like the one shown above by Rich.
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I agree that the break away shown was the most common and standard holster made of these by the Germans.Comment
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Another like Rich's.Comment
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Leave it to Phild to take the opposite opinion and a different tact!!! How boring it would be if we all thought alike
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I really regret comming across like that, but I'm glad if it keeps the threads from being boring.Originally posted by sneakerd View PostLeave it to Phild to take the opposite opinion and a different tact!!! How boring it would be if we all thought alike
I get plenty of thinkgs wrong about this material, maybe more than I get right, but we have to be real careful when using word like ONLY, NEVER, and AlWAYS when discussing militaria.
Like a lot of other things in this country, militaria is becomming dumbed down in a sense. Maybe it's because everyone wants it one way only (easy and lazy) or because of the fear of fakes and messed with items, makes really understanding something to much trouble.
I looked at a collection of around 60-75 Nazi occupation era HPs a short while ago. Probably 30 -40 years in the making and each one different and there for a reason. He had around 7 or 8 of those early LW marked holsters...and almost every one of the 60-75 pistols in the collection had a correct holster with it.
I saw my first one of the these LW holsters abcl around 1977 as part of a 100% straight vet bring back (the vet I knew personally) so there has never been a question that they were real.Comment
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Hope this doesn't sound dumb, but Phild, when you refer to an LW holster, what do you mean?Comment
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Originally posted by sneakerd View Post
Not dumb at all. I call them LW holsters because all of the ones that I can recall seeing had pretty large LW eagles stamped usually in ink under the main flap. The holsters are also made (designed) differently that any other German holster that I can think of. They are no really hardshell formed typ holster nor or they 3 peice break away style.They are closed (I think) with a strap and buckle.
I would think that there would be a few forum members who have one or more of these and I know some have seen them.Comment
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