Original British WWI Officer's Sam Browne Leather Holster for Colt 1911 .45cal Pistol - Very Rare Stocks these steel ring topped 28"

these steel ring topped 28" stakes were placed around machine gun nests and trench fortifications at predetermined distances and were often incorporated with barbed wire

while on the later type known as B these were straight cut

The label is 90% intact and reads:

The Czechoslovakians manufactured the best quality copy

Each belt has a WWII German Letter Code stamped on end

Original British WWI Officer's Sam Browne Leather Holster for Colt 1911 .45cal Pistol - Very Rare Stocks these steel ring topped 28"Original Item: Only One Available. The British Officers in WW1 usually supplied much of their own equipment, as was the Army tradition. As a rule British Officer's carried large Webley Revolvers Marks IV, V, and VI all in the large . 455 Caliber. Some Officers supplied themselves with Smith & Wesson Revolvers and later in the War with Colt New Service Revolvers. Just occasionally some wealthy individual splurged on one of those "New" Colt "self