1940 dated P08 tan Luger holster

[Bob Lyons]

Hi all,

Some photos of a nice 1940 dated tan P08 Luger holster I have in the collection.

This one is manufactured by R. (Richard) Ehrhardt Lederwarenfabrik of Pössneck, Thüringen.

It is named to Jäger Elling, who was a Fallschirmjäger, there was a named belt and buckle that originally came
with the 08 holster, but sadly it was split up and sold before I could obtain the belt/buckle, and that was also
named to Jäger Elling with his Fallschirmjäger rank on it.

I can't make out the WaA number on it, I think they changed it a few times, so not sure what the 1940 stamp would have been.

Cheers

Bob

[Rescue190]

Nice holster. Congrats.
John

[nbushyager]

Yes very nice holster. The one thing Im not sure about is the name. It doesn't appear that it has aged at all over the past 75 years. Looks like it could have been scratched in 10-20 years ago. Just my opinion, but I would like others. The scratches by the makers mark are much darker - either way it is a nice holster.

[Bob Lyons]

[QUOTE=nbushyager;1737080]Yes very nice holster. The one thing Im not sure about is the name. It doesn't appear that it has aged at all over the past 75 years. Looks like it could have been scratched in

Nice to have a healthy dose of scepticism in this game, but I believe the name to be period done, it was an Australian veteran bring back, and my friend (who owned it before me)
sadly let the belt and buckle go some years back, and they were also named to the same man, so possibly a north Africa or Crete souvenir, but I will never know now, but.... I like it