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Original Rare German WWII SA Marked Sauer 38H Leather Breakaway Holster by AKAH - Sturmabteilung

Item Description

Original Item: One-of-a-Kind. This is a fantastic find! Here we have a very rare German WWII leather breakaway holster for the Sauer 38H pistol, marked on the top flap with the emblem of the Sturmabteilung (Storm Detachment or SA)! 7.65 / .32ACP caliber "pocket" pistols were very popular sidearms for members of the SA and other political organizations.

The design follows the standard breakaway "high-front" design of the period. Some holsters were made to fit a variety of the various pistols in this chambering, however this one was made specifically to fit the Sauer 38H, as indicated by the faint Sauer 7.65 marking stamped under the top flap. There is also the name DANIELS and number 35540883, which could be the serial number and owner of the pistol. We assume that this was added post war, but it could be a wartime marking.

The top of the breakaway flap under the securing strap is embossed with the AKAH trademark logo: a wreath of Oak and Olive branches overlaid with crossed Rifles, surmounted by a pistol and a revolver with their muzzles pointed downwards. Underneath is AKah, for Albrecht Kind aus (from) Hunstig, a company that operated in Berlin and Nürnberg. D.R.G.M. is embossed above the logo, for Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster (Registered Design of the German Reich), indicating that the holster is a protected design.

Condition of the holster is very good, showing only light wear from service. the brown finish is well retained, with just a bit of wear around the edges. The only condition issue to note is that the securing strap is torn through near the stud hole, which was repaired in the past, though that too has now torn.

A fantastic accessory to pair with a WWII German Sauer 38H Pistol, especially if it is one of the very rare examples that is also SA marked. Ready to display!

The Sturmabteilung, literally Storm Detachment, was the NSDAP Party's original paramilitary. It played a significant role in Adolf AH's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for NSDAP rallies and assemblies, disrupting the meetings of opposing parties, fighting against the paramilitary units of the opposing parties, especially the Red Front Fighters League (Rotfrontkämpferbund) of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and intimidating Romani, trade unionists, and, especially, Jews – for instance, during the NSDAP boycott of Jewish businesses.

The SA were also called the "Brownshirts" (Braunhemden) from the color of their uniform shirts, similar to Benito Mussolini's blackshirts. The SA developed pseudo-military titles for its members, with ranks that were later adopted by several other NSDAP Party groups, chief amongst them the Schutzstaffel (SS), which originated as a branch of the SA before being separated. Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I, having originally been ordered during the war for colonial troops posted to Germany's former African colonies.

The SA became disempowered after AH ordered the "blood purge" of 1934. This event became known as the Night of the Long Knives (die Nacht der langen Messer). The SA continued to exist, but was effectively superseded by the SS, although it was not formally dissolved until after NSDAP Germany's final capitulation to the Allies in 1945.

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