Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice and crisp black soft shell leather pistol holster for an Officer's 7.65mm handgun, most likely a Mauser HSc or a Walther PP. It is stamped under the flap with maker marking:

K. BUDDE
BREMEN

The underside of the flap itself is stamped near the top with P.D. Bn., denoting that the holster was used by the Polizei-Directorate-Bremen, which is thought to mean Police Headquarters-Bremen.

There is some minor tearing in the leather but the belt loops are in good shape. A very rare holster with great police markings, ready for further research and display.

The Mauser HSc is a 7.65mm pistol introduced in Germany during World War II, and manufactured until 1977. The designation HSc stood for Hahn Selbstspanner ("self-cocking hammer") Pistole, third and final design "C". Production was continued in 1945–1946 during the French occupation and, from 1968 to 1977 by Mauser. It has a semi-exposed hammer, double-action trigger, single-column magazine, and a spring surrounding the barrel.

The Mauser HSc was originally intended as a commercial pistol. It competed with the contemporary German Walther PPK and PP and Sauer 38H for police and military use. It was procured initially by the navy (Kriegsmarine) soon followed by the Army and police. HSc pistols used by the Luftwaffe or Waffen-SS were procured from Army and police stocks.