M1916 holster - original - date of production 1945?

[browningautorifle]

It's all about the stitching...there's a thread that explains it here somewhere. I think Richard Turner said the old thread was thicker and the new is different color and thinner. Maybe we can get him to comment. I think your holster's correct. I have the wrong glasses on right now for close up but I think it's OK. Verdigris on the brass fittings is hard to phoney up and the general appearance seems correct.