On Saturday, I posted that I had acquired 2 new to me holsters. The first one was a Brill-style holster by Charles Kluge. Here is the second one, an AKAH Leading Edge holster. Here is what I found out by doing some research.
This is an original Walther PPK AKAH Holster in the scarce leading edge style. This style of proprietary holster was manufactured by holster maker Albrecht Kind (Akah) during and after the war. The leading edge magazine pouch were designed for finger rest mags. The nice brown leather holster is in very good condition with honest wear. The leather is soft and pliable yet still retains the original Walther PPK ink stamp on the interior leather, as well as, the AKAH crossed rifles/crossed pistols/wreath trademark and D.R.G.M. stamp under the closure strap. On AKAH holsters, brass fittings were replaced with aluminum as the war progressed, and the forward edge magazine pouch was introduced at this time too, instead of the standard holster having the spare magazine pouch placed on the front of the holster. They were produced in the late 30's and 40's by AKAH, and that D.R.G.M. stands for Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster (German Empire Realm Pattern), and was thus a design registered with the Reich. The orange stitching is in tight condition with no broken threads. The interior leather is a little dirty, but the ink stamp is easily visible. The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (in German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. A High Ranking Officer's dress holster in the NSDAP would have been a brown holster like this one, but that doesn't mean this is one.
Please let me know anything I have left out. Here are some pictures:
Larry
This is an original Walther PPK AKAH Holster in the scarce leading edge style. This style of proprietary holster was manufactured by holster maker Albrecht Kind (Akah) during and after the war. The leading edge magazine pouch were designed for finger rest mags. The nice brown leather holster is in very good condition with honest wear. The leather is soft and pliable yet still retains the original Walther PPK ink stamp on the interior leather, as well as, the AKAH crossed rifles/crossed pistols/wreath trademark and D.R.G.M. stamp under the closure strap. On AKAH holsters, brass fittings were replaced with aluminum as the war progressed, and the forward edge magazine pouch was introduced at this time too, instead of the standard holster having the spare magazine pouch placed on the front of the holster. They were produced in the late 30's and 40's by AKAH, and that D.R.G.M. stands for Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster (German Empire Realm Pattern), and was thus a design registered with the Reich. The orange stitching is in tight condition with no broken threads. The interior leather is a little dirty, but the ink stamp is easily visible. The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (in German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. A High Ranking Officer's dress holster in the NSDAP would have been a brown holster like this one, but that doesn't mean this is one.
Please let me know anything I have left out. Here are some pictures:
Larry
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I was under the impression Albrecht Kind and AKAH was one and the same, and AKAH was some sort of abbreviation for it. But, it sounds like you are saying AK was the distributor for AKAH items. My photos are dark. I meant to retake them with better light, but haven't yet. There are no party leader or other markings on my holster though.
