Original Item: Only One Available. In the early 1900s, German Emperor Wilhelm II participated in several hunting trips in the Schwarzwald forest (Black Forest), armed with a commercial long-barrel DWM Modell 1902 Pistolenkarabiner (Luger Carabine). Wilhelm II was fond of the long-barrel DWM Modell 1902 pistol because it was relatively light and easy to handle, compared to a hunting rifle, for example. On 3 June 1913, Emperor Wilhelm II personally accepted the long barrel version of the Parabellum P.08 pistol, Lange Pistole 08, as a weapon for artillery and flight crews. The Imperial Army shock troops (Stotruppen) were also equipped with this high fire-power weapon. However, far too small a number of these pistols were manufactured to have been produced for all those who needed them. In fact, a little surprisingly, the main users of the LP 08 pistols were the shock troops and infantry.

In 1913, the German army, authorized by the Emperor, commissioned a version of the Parabellum P.08 pistol from DWM (Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken AG), with a long barrel and removable stock (Lange Pistole 08).

A leather holster for the artillery parabellum was made for transporting and storing from a brown or a black leather. Wooden shoulder stock could be attached to the leather holster with mounting straps and five screws. The leather strap of the leather holster could be attached with a magazine pouch for two magazines. Leather holsters were usually marked with manufacturer\’s information on the underside of the flap.

This example appears to have been cut down for use with a normal Luger pistol. It is very well marked with several depot stamps as well as a very long makers stamp, with the original stamp now very faded, with all we can discern being that it was manufactured in 1918.

A nice holster cut down for use with a normal Luger, ready for further research and display.