Originally Posted by Absalom

If that’s all matching, that was a good price for this condition. Like the gun in the OP, it appears so pristine that it’s unlikely to have been carried into battle in that or any holster, but it makes for a nice set with holster and knife.

When sets like that come out of estates, the holsters are usually genuinely tied to the service of the passed veteran, since they had these issued and then frequently modified them to their needs or liking, and Uncle Sam wasn’t terribly diligent in getting that type of gear back when they were demobilized.

But the military was not in the habit of sending guns home with the soldiers, and usually the revolvers were purchased as surplus later by the vet. But unless he made a big deal about it, the heirs wouldn’t be aware of that. Given the way the Victorys were usually deployed, I think there are hardly any authentic gun/holster pairings in collector hands that met up during rather than after the war.