Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful USGI Bring Back Souvenir from the Pacific Theater of WWII: A Japanese Type 94 Nambu Leather Holster, complete with a nickel plated magazine. It has been fitted with a U.S. Army Infantry pin showing the "crossed rifles" insignia, and is in good service worn condition.

The leather of the holster is now a dark brown color due to age and wear, and it has had some repairs and modifications to the back of the holster. One of the loops for the shoulder strap has been replaced, and both are missing the brass rings. The belt loop was also replaced with a simple tab, that has two slots cut into it.

A great piece of USGI bring back material!

The Type 94 Nambu 8 mm Pistol (Type 94 Handgun, in Japanese: 九四式拳銃, romanized: Kyūyon-Shiki Kenjū) is a semiautomatic pistol developed by Kijirō Nambu and his associates for the Imperial Japanese Army. Development of the Type 94 pistol began in 1929, and after several redesigns the final prototype was tested and officially adopted by the Japanese Army in late 1934 (Japanese calendar, 2594).[1] The Type 94 pistol entered production in 1935. Approximately 71,000 pistols were manufactured before production ended in 1945.

The Type 94 pistol was designed for (and popular among) Japanese tank and aircraft crews who preferred a smaller, lightweight design. Japanese weapons experts have subsequently criticized some design elements of the Type 94; in particular the pistol could be fired unintentionally before the breech was fully locked if the sear bar on the side of the receiver was jarred loose and the pistol was improperly handled. Additionally, the process to disassemble the pistol is overly complex and awkward. The build quality of the Type 94 pistol declined over its production run; "last ditch" pistols made in 1945 were crudely manufactured.