Thanks to all for your responses. Yes, I live in the PRKali and so have to abide by the mandatory ten day jail sentence. Actually worse than that this time, the dealer ran out of handgun safety cards and can't seem to get replacements out of Sacto, still waiting, so looking like maybe three weeks or more. No, I won't be storing the 1911 in the holster (if and when I obtain one), I'm aware of the effect of the tannic acid in leather, it'll be just for show'n'tell. Hoping to get actual 1918 dated items, but looking like it will be a hard, long slog through GB and FleaBay to get the real McCoy at a decent price. I do have a LCC & Co. mag pouch coming in the mail (but will probably fill it with modern mags, two-tones at $100 a crack are a bit too painful). I'll use this WWI look-alike apparent early WWII belt until I can obtain an appropriate earlier one. So the Easter egg hunt continues! Thanks again for your input.