I found me a nice hard shell holster for my ac 42 P.38 yesterday. I gave $175.00 for it. I know it seems like a lot but it's pretty cheap by Nazi hard shell holster standards. Most in like condition are $300.00+ and it really adds to the value of the pistol.
It was made in 1943 by F.u.K. Voegels in Köln, (Cologne) Germany......eue/43 is the manufacturer's code and year made. The Eagle/WaA300 is the inspection code.....P.38 for they type of pistol.
I particularly liked this one as it has been field modified with removal of the pull strap and the back "lip" of the holster. A fairly common field modification on the hard shell holsters so the user could gain more rapid access to the pistol in combat.
My example:
Uncut example:
The difficulty in removing the weapon and the fact that unlike the Luger the P.38 was plenty robust enough not to need a hard shell holster to protect it like the Luger led to the "break-away" P.38 flapped holster.....It also required less leather/time to make. Indeed by late 1944 holsters were being made of layers of hardened paper/cardboard. They held-up poorly.
Ersatz Paper PP/PPK holster.....The only thing leather is the belt loops and flap fastening strap:
It was made in 1943 by F.u.K. Voegels in Köln, (Cologne) Germany......eue/43 is the manufacturer's code and year made. The Eagle/WaA300 is the inspection code.....P.38 for they type of pistol.
I particularly liked this one as it has been field modified with removal of the pull strap and the back "lip" of the holster. A fairly common field modification on the hard shell holsters so the user could gain more rapid access to the pistol in combat.
My example:
Uncut example:
The difficulty in removing the weapon and the fact that unlike the Luger the P.38 was plenty robust enough not to need a hard shell holster to protect it like the Luger led to the "break-away" P.38 flapped holster.....It also required less leather/time to make. Indeed by late 1944 holsters were being made of layers of hardened paper/cardboard. They held-up poorly.
Ersatz Paper PP/PPK holster.....The only thing leather is the belt loops and flap fastening strap:
