Eric Queen Posted January 28, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2020 German ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted January 28, 2020 Close up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 28, 2020 Share #3 Posted January 28, 2020 Interesting insignia on it. A German army wreath with something else on top of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted January 28, 2020 Share #4 Posted January 28, 2020 Italian? - Maybe the Facist symbol Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinO Posted January 28, 2020 Share #5 Posted January 28, 2020 Yeah I concur, probably Italian? Thats a great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks guys but looks to me to be more of a metal closure (?) than an insignia. Thought it was kind of cool/different whatever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted January 28, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 28, 2020 Yes I agree it looks like Italian Fasces symbol. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted January 28, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks guys but looks to me to be more of a metal closure (?) than an insignia. Thought it was kind of cool/different whatever it is. Indeed, it is the flap closure and strap....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted January 28, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 28, 2020 I think it's Dutch, for the FN 10-22 pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted January 28, 2020 I think we have a winner. Thanks a lot. He seems pretty proud of it for whatever reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manayunkman Posted January 28, 2020 Share #11 Posted January 28, 2020 It’s Dutch all right. Probably captured from a German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted January 28, 2020 We will never know but oddly enough thats I was thinking as well. Perhaps thats why he seems so proud of it. Maybe he thought it was German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 28, 2020 Share #13 Posted January 28, 2020 Late to the show but had a similiar holster for a small automatic and also have a pretty beat Browning HP in a holster like this. Pistols were always sought after and many vets I knew would comment on how they wished they could have gotten one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpast32 Posted January 28, 2020 Share #14 Posted January 28, 2020 Yup, As my fellow Forum Members have already determined, it's a Dutch Army or Police issue Holster for either an FN M-1922, or FN M-1935, aka BHP, 9mm. The reason I can't confirm which is due to not actually having it in front of me. ( To see it's relative size. ) One sure way to determine is to check the magazine pocket. If it's a single stack, it's an M-1922, if double stack, M-1935 for sure. They're also found in brown. It is somewhat unusual to encounter an example is really nice condition, as they were in service for many, many years. The saw use with the Dutch, the Germans, & later saw use within the newly liberated, former Dutch Colonial Empire. They've also been imported here throughout the years, both with & without their pistols included. Best, dpast32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted January 28, 2020 Share #15 Posted January 28, 2020 Late to the show but had a similiar holster for a small automatic and also have a pretty beat Browning HP in a holster like this. Pistols were always sought after and many vets I knew would comment on how they wished they could have gotten one. That's where I remember seeing one, with a Browning HP....I did a google search for Browning HP holster, but only the standard German wartime ones showed up....Is the holster to your HP Belgian made than?....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Queen Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted January 29, 2020 Great info Dom. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCapturephotos Posted February 20, 2020 Share #17 Posted February 20, 2020 I enjoyed learning something new from this thread. Thank you. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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