Original German WWI P08 Luger Brown Leather Holster by C. Holste & Co. of München - dated 1915 Russian Flare Guns It was the foregoing incident

It was the foregoing incident which has given rise to wild claims in various publications that most or all of the German prisoners captured at CC Camp were executed

This is a fantastic all original example

The liner band is the galvanized steel type seen on later war helmets

which unfortunately has significant surface rust

indicating that Eisenhuette Silesia in Paruschowitz

Original German WWI P08 Luger Brown Leather Holster by C. Holste & Co. of München - dated 1915 Russian Flare Guns It was the foregoing incidentOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a standard issue brown leather hardshell P 08 holster, which was used by Imperial German forces during WWI. In 1916 an order came for holsters to be changed to black, but this holster was made before the order was implemented, and escaped being dyed or painted after manufacture. The holster is marked on the back between the belt loops: C. HOLSTE & Co. MNCHEN 1915 C. Holste & Co. was a