Original German WWI P08 Luger Brown Leather Holster by C. Weiss of Braunschweig Receivers And the breech system itself

And the breech system itself was considered too fragile with problematic extraction and ejection components

On the back of the form it is listed as “DEACCESSIONED September 3

101st Airborne Div

1880s in South Africa and during the same period in India

the Second EARL OF UXBRIDGE who interestingly lost a leg in the Battle on that day

Original German WWI P08 Luger Brown Leather Holster by C. Weiss of Braunschweig Receivers And the breech system itselfOriginal 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 WW1. 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 top front edge beneath the flap: C. Weiss Braunschweig 1916 C. Weiss was a