A P.38 hard shell holster that has a RB Number to identify the maker rather than a maker code. Not much
is known about the RB numbers. It was a late war change but the military code seems to have been used
right up to the end on a lot of items so it's possible the directive went out to change to the RB Numbering
system but a lot of makers just didn't get the change made before the war ended.
Since this
is a hard shell and with the RB Number I feel this holster was made in the latter part of 1944. Using
the RB Number alone as a clue, it could have been made in 1945 but I know of no hard shells that can
be documented to have been made in 1945.
RB Numbering also shows up on soft shell holsters.
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