Holster opinions please.

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Thank you in advance ?
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[FestungSpanien]

Maybe this can help http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...oulder+holster

[Andy Van...]

Holster

Sure looks like the Reichsbank that just sold on estand. The only thing I don't like about it is the placement of the DRGM. I have at least 60 DRGM Akah holsters owned many more and I have never seen the DRGM on the bottom before. Anyone else?

[leondes]

I am not an expert on these holsters but the leather texture doesn't look right, looks too new and the logo looks too deeply stamped to me. If the holster is in your possession, sniff of the inside and see if it smells like a pair of new leather shoes.

Regards, Leon

[JoeW]

It is not the same Reichsbank holster as was displayed on the Estand advertisement. The seller there wrote that the pictured holster was NOT the one for sale, but instead one similar was to be sold. If this is it, there is a big problem. This is a post-war Akah model of the holster that they continued to produce into the 1960s at least for the Bundeswehr.
Oh, and these are facts, not opinions.

[leondes]

Hi Joe,

What would be your guess on when that holster was made? I thought the use of the DRGM marking ended not too long after the war.

Thanks, Leon

[JoeW]

Leon, according to Martin the DRGM closed up shop at war's end and reopened as the DBGM in 1947/48. But it is his professional opinion that the use of DRGM (which was not an official designation but only a marketing tool) on post war trademarks can not be ruled out. I believe this is confirmed by the physical differences in this holster and pre-1945 examples.

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Thanks for the replies.

[leondes]

Thanks Joe, I don't recall ever seeing one of those that was post-war made. Interesting.

Regards, Leon

[JoeW]

Leon, here is the ad for them in a post-1945 Akah catalog as well as example of a Bundeswehr issue one.

[leondes]

Joe,

That's great! Thanks a lot for posting that.

What threw me was the surface texture of the leather in the other holster. It didn't look like German quality to me but, post-war, I wasn't sure. The holster in your picture does look like a quality German made product.

Thanks again, Leon

[JoeW]

And then there is the concern that there are many leather stamps out there, including the Akah/DRGM. Remember the photo of the piece of leather with all the stamps that was published in AutoMag years ago?

[leondes]

Joe,

Yes, I remember that now that you mention it. That was very interesting.

Regards, Leon

[Matt Weber]

Definately not good.

Matt