US Victory Museum Posted June 26, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 26, 2019 This appears to be the № 310 Mills revolver holster, found on Plate IIIin a reprint of the Mills Woven Military Equipments. (See below)I say 'appears to be' because the catalog does not seem to distinguishbetween woven holsters for revolvers cal. .38LC (Long Colt), and thosefor the .45LC model of 1909. This is the only holster represented foruse of revolvers; the other two displayed are for the pistol, model 1911cal. .45 ACP.In a prior post, I displayed a dark revolver belt, model of 1903, fornaval officers; included was a period photograph showing the beltin use. Web equipment used by the Navy exist in relatively smallnumbers because the sailors were not expected to constitute a largeportion of military force. Heavy losses from combat could cripple theability of capital ships to function; therefore, landing parties wereintended to be small, and the required gear to be limited in number.Most of the fighting was to be left to Army and Marine forces with onlylimited support from Naval landing forces.http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/326907-mills-usn-revolver-belt/Gear supplied to the Navy was small in number to begin with; the sea airand salt water environment to which they were exposed likely increasedthe rate of loss to wear-'n'-tear. Although undated, this holster was likely produced in the 1909 - 1913time frame. The production of M1911s didn't begin to hit their strideuntil late 1912 when they began to replace in quantity older side arms,which became secondary. Early holsters and 1903 revolver belts wereproduced by Mills in khaki; by 1909 web equipment was produced in olive drab. Appearing very much faded, this was originally olive drab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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