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Old 02-11-2011, 09:30 AM
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Any chance you guys can find anything useful in this ? It came along (free) with an obviously unrelated pistol purchase.The fellow seemed to think that it was significant somehow, or he had been told it was rare. I have no idea...looks like old garage sale junk to me.



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Old 02-11-2011, 09:39 AM
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Appears to be a "Plainclothes" holster from "Yesteryear".
What type handgun was in it?
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:38 AM
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Appears to be a "Plainclothes" holster from "Yesteryear".
What type handgun was in it?

I had this little jewel in it

'44 nazi issue. I wish I DID have the correct holster(!)
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The fellow seemed to think that it was significant somehow, or he had been told it was rare.
I'm not excited. The first dollar offered would own it, but that offer may be a long time comin'..........
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Old 02-12-2011, 12:23 PM
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It looks somewhat similar to the type of stuff used by the old Postal Railway clerks. It probably didn't sell for more than a dollar when it was new, back in the day. It looks old, maybe 1910-1930's? Here's a photo of a 1964 U.S. Postal Service contract holster.

They were typical generic designs of the day. Like the collectable Victory holsters, it has the rivet ends at the mainseam. The was common practice before the improvement of double row stitching became popular, especially on open muzzle designs. Brauer made many of these type, but so did many others. To keep prices lower and labor less costly for contract runs and price concious retailers, it was cheaper to single row stitch and rivet. Note in the top photo it is copper riveted & burred by hand set. Yours is rivetted with a splash anvil rivet.

They weren't high quality, but got the job done I suppose.

The postal service also used a 1917 flap style holster during the 20's. I think they were made by Millsco. They were pretty good quality and are collectable today, no doubt.

Nice score on the P-38!

Cheers;
Lefty

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