Jim, I agree judging from the rough leather cuts and stitching, it look like someone took a commerical Model of 1912 holster and modified it. You can see on the back of the holster where the brass swivel was at one point. Interesting gun.
I finally got info from the war museum curator.
According to him, this holster is made of two separate Colt 1903 / FN Browning model 1903 holsters.
Since the russian contract Colt m1911's were shipped to russia without holsters they had to improvise. Some russian officers used Nagant 1985 holsters which were rather poor fit and some had these modified holsters.
They already had in the museum couple almost identical "Russian style modified" Colt M1911 holsters. Russian started to make these modifications in 1916 and later also Finns copied it when they captured these 1911s with Nagant holsters.
Curator could not say for sure whether my holster is Russian made dating back to 1916-17 or if it was Finnish made after the capture.
I am attempting to fill in the historical blanks for my Grandfather's Colt 1911. I submitted pics and serial number to Colt and received confirmation that is was manufactured in 1912 and was part of a 1,200 piece lot sent to the Army's arsenal in San Antonio, Tx. My Grandfather was a coal mining superintendent in Wilder, TN and a coal mine inspector. He was known to carry the 1911 with him most of the time. He was not in the military and never traveled to Texas. Does anyone have any ideas on tracking the history of this gun from San Antonio, TX to a coal mine in Tenn.
After WW1 ended, many men brought home their 1911 pistols. When discharged they went home and this one may have gone that route to Tennessee when you grandfather picked it up one way or another. Many ways it could have been acquired.
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