HELP Needed ID stamps in WWI holster

auswerfer · 11-27-2016, 01:09 PM

I have got a holster, and I belive that it is a wwI holster.

On the back it is marked:

Crown I

and then properly a regiment mark:

8.56

On the front it is marked:

8./J.R.1.56

and on the front by the pull strap it is marked:

721.

Inside the marking for the producer and year is to faint to read.

Notice the later special arrangement for a cleaning rod.

Please advice me concerning the stamps.

George Anderson · 11-27-2016, 01:32 PM

The Crown over I indicates it was procured by the Bavarian 1st Army Corps in 1918. The unit marking on front is a Weimar Reichswehr marking indicating 8th company, Infantry Regiment 1, weapon 56. The abbreviated marking on the rear is 8th company, weapon 56.

11-27-2016, 01:09 PM	#1
auswerfer New User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	HELP Needed ID stamps in WWI holster I have got a holster, and I belive that it is a wwI holster. On the back it is marked: Crown I and then properly a regiment mark: 8.56 On the front it is marked: 8./J.R.1.56 and on the front by the pull strap it is marked: 721. Inside the marking for the producer and year is to faint to read. Notice the later special arrangement for a cleaning rod. Please advice me concerning the stamps. Attached Thumbnails

11-27-2016, 01:32 PM	#2
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,529 Times in 787 Posts	The Crown over I indicates it was procured by the Bavarian 1st Army Corps in 1918. The unit marking on front is a Weimar Reichswehr marking indicating 8th company, Infantry Regiment 1, weapon 56. The abbreviated marking on the rear is 8th company, weapon 56.