Original U.S. WWII M1916 .45 Colt 1911 Leather Holster by Walsh Harness Co. - Dated 1945 U.S. Replica The top plastic shield is

The top plastic shield is fully present

The first few pages have some handwriting and notes

Désiré-Albert Barre

The colored symbols indicate the type of lubricants used on the set

Other parts do not match

Original U.S. WWII M1916 .45 Colt 1911 Leather Holster by Walsh Harness Co. - Dated 1945 U.S. Replica The top plastic shield isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very rare totally original M1916 holster, made by Walsh Harness Co., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in very nice condition. It is marked WALSH 45 on the back, and embossed U S on the flap, indicating that this was a military issue holster. Walsh is a very rare maker, as they only manufactured 25,000 holsters during WWII. The leather is very dark brown. No major damage to the leather, all stitches still intact,