Herky Posted March 17, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 17, 2015 Hi, I am busy right now trying to collect every type of mag pouch for the M1911 and M1911A1 pistol from the beginning until 1945. The aim is to put them on display together with my pistols. So far I have: Top row: eagle snap leather pouch (1913), garrison leather pouch (1922), M-1918 pouch (1918), M-1912 pouch (1918) Bottom row: M-1923 USMC pouch (1943), M-1923 pouch (1942), M-1912 British Made (1943) I’ve seen that there exists an M-1912 canvas army eagle snap pouch. Unfortunately I’ve never come across one for sale in Europe (or at a reasonable price on the internet). Are there any other types of pouches used to carry .45 mags that I am still missing to complete my collection? Thanks a lot for your help. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted March 18, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2015 You are missing a pouch that were produced pre WWI. They where pea green canvas with eagle snaps. Also a post WWII green pouch made.in the 1950's. But besides that nice collection ! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldabewla Posted March 18, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 18, 2015 This is the one missing as posted by Herky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 18, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 18, 2015 Hi Dan ! as an addicted to these .45 mag pouches I love any guy who...loves them. But be careful... when you say "every type of mag pouch" you walk on an immense land... In over 40 years of collecting them I put together near 150 of them with about 75 variations... Yes, 75, counting all types, all makers and - just for the WWI types - even the month... I agree with what has been said by the guys above: you should need a nice Eagle button pouch (1st variation, transitional, 2nd variation?) to have a nice selection. But if you want to go more in deep, well, then start hunting for the less common ones or the rarest ones... What about the USMC Phila Depot made ones, or the double duty (.45 and M1 Carbine mag) expressely made for the Marines by Froehlich and by Boyt in various shapes? And what about the quite rare M.E.Co. 1943 British made, with British round buttons? And this is just the beginning... Here a few examples of the less common ones... A transitional 1913 (rimmed Eagle but still central stitiching), a 1917 Eagle button (the very last made), an elusive USMC PHILA DEPOT, a couple of double duty Froehlich and Boyt (1st type), a Boyt 2nd type and a British with round buttons... Good hunting! Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 18, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 18, 2015 Boyt 1st type, almost identical to the Froehlich one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 18, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 18, 2015 USMC Boyt 2nd type and M.E.Co. 1943 with round buttons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_rambow Posted March 18, 2015 Share #7 Posted March 18, 2015 Don't forget the rimless eagle snap version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 18, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 18, 2015 Of course Dr-Rainbow ! I forgot to mention it... Here my little selection of these girls...It took over 10 years to put together these three mint unissued examples... Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted March 18, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 18, 2015 Absolutely beautiful specimens posted! Eventually you will want/need all of the appropriate belts and holsters too. Addicting but rewarding. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herky Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted March 18, 2015 Of course Dr-Rainbow ! I forgot to mention it... Here my little selection of these girls...It took over 10 years to put together these three mint unissued examples... Fausto Thanks a lot Fausto for your excellent and very interesting reply. You just made me realize in what kind of endeavor that I put myself in Even though I did not intend to hunt for specific dates or producers, the challenge is still quite bigger than I imagined. Concerning the eagle snap pouches, do they only exist with US Army snaps or also USMC etc? Thank you, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
world war I nerd Posted March 18, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 18, 2015 For what it's worth, somewhere on this forum there is a thread showing an unissued or nearly unissued 1911 magazine pouch that is forest green in color and bears USMC snaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted March 19, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 19, 2015 Top: RIA 1913 dated on the inside. Offset unrimmed eagle snap. Center: First model USMC circa 1912 Bottom: Pre-WW2 Army Officers private purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 19, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 19, 2015 Hi ! Here a picture of a USMC snap pouch... Unfortunately is not mine, just stolen on the net or maybe here on the Forum. The picture of the USMC button is not from the same pouch, but maybe from a cartridge belt ... Oh, by the way I forgot to specify that all the pouches I posted are from my collection but the M.E.Co. 1943 with round buttons. Those two nice girls are from the collection of our fellow member Johan Willaert... Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 19, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 19, 2015 And just for fun here the oldest Eagle snap I have so far observed: dated 1912... It is in the collection of my friend Johnny Peppers... And not bad the two loop magazines... Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgutierrez Posted March 19, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 19, 2015 And let us not forget the 1941 dated R.M.Co. made for the Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldabewla Posted March 19, 2015 Share #16 Posted March 19, 2015 And let us not forget the 1941 dated R.M.Co. made for the Marines. 41 Pouch.jpg Yery nice pouch though your pouch isn't a Marine pouch. These unmarked R.M. Co. field gear items were lend lease to Russia pre or early WWII. I have a mint unissued M1936 pistol belt no US and marked 1941 R.M. Co. and thought the same as it was a Marine belt but ( Doyle) on the forum here told me this unmarked gear was being sold off in the 1990's in large lots at shows and all this was imported by a British military dealer from out of Russia back them and that's is why it's unmarked because of the lend lease item and many dealer now pass it off as a USMC item. This information has been posted here before in the past even the Thompson mag pouches and drum pouches were also unmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 20, 2015 Share #17 Posted March 20, 2015 Hi! I agree, but don't forget the same trouble with Sam Froehlich made pouches. We have 1942 and 1943 pouches with no U.S. on the flap and so far I have not encountered a M1923 Froehlich made pouch U.S. marked... Well, I got a couple of years ago some mint S.Froehlich 1943 pouches coming from a big crate which doesn't seem - in my opinion - to come from U.R.S.S. To make the things even more complicated we surely have a1943 Froehlich contract directly with USMC, but in this case it is not a M1923 pouch, but the "double duty" .45-M1 Carbine magazines... Now I'm asking myself if before starting to make specific pouches for the USMC, Froehlich (and R.M.CO. maybe) gave to the USMC some of their U.S. unmarked M1923 pouches taken from the bunch left from those sent to URSS. After all both these makers made a lot of pistol belts specifically for US Marine Corps... Just a guess, of course... In the pictures some 1942 and 1943 Sam Froehlich pouches, the crate and the special pouch made for the USMC... Fausto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 20, 2015 Share #18 Posted March 20, 2015 1943 and the crate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 20, 2015 Share #19 Posted March 20, 2015 the back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 20, 2015 Share #20 Posted March 20, 2015 the crate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto Posted March 20, 2015 Share #21 Posted March 20, 2015 the 1943 special pouch USMC contract... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted March 20, 2015 Share #22 Posted March 20, 2015 Great informations, thank you. Sold years ago a rimmed eagle snap model to a fellow collector. Today I own only the M-1923 one for my World War II belt, and an M-1918 for the World War I belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herky Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share #23 Posted March 20, 2015 I anybody has a nice canvas eagle snap pouch for sale, please let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herky Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share #24 Posted February 3, 2020 Has anybody already seen this pouch? Apparently for the M1911 but I've never seen it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted February 3, 2020 Share #25 Posted February 3, 2020 Has anybody already seen this pouch? Apparently for the M1911 but I've never seen it before.I think that is Norwegian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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