Original Items: Only One Set Available. Incredible rig for the WW1 M-1911 .45 Caliber Automatic Pistol. The set includes an excellent example of a rare M-1912 Swivel Holster. This is a must have for the collector of U.S. M-1911 Pistols!

The set consists of the following:
- Original WWII issue M1912 Mounted Swivel Holster. The holster is in great shape, with only light staining, and retains its original russet leather color, having never had oil applied which would darken the leather. The leather is slightly stiff from age. We have not been able to find a legible maker mark or date, which appears to have been possibly obfuscated from wear to the reverse of the holster where the holster would ride on the hip when being worn on a belt.

- Original WWI issue M1910 Pistol Belt. The belt is marked on the finial: “Made By/Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co./Worcester Mass. U.S.A.”. The Belt is in fantastic condition, with the webbing not exhibiting any signs of dry rot, tears, or unsightly damage. The brass hardware still retains most of its original blacking.

- Original WWI issue M1911 double magazine web pouch dated 1918: Free of damage and looks to have seen very little use in service. It is marked on the inside “OCT RUSSELL 1918”.

- Original WWI issued M1910 First Aid Packet Pouch With Bandage: Free of damage with minor fading, marked with R.I.A. 1918. The bandage is still in it’s original 1916 contract dated tin and was produced by Bauer & Black.

This is a beautiful and iconic belt rig set up for Officers and NCOs alike! Comes more than ready to be displayed.

History & Development of the Carlisle Bandage
The Carlisle Model First-Aid Packet was originally designed at, and took its name from the Carlisle Barracks Military Reservation, Pennsylvania in the early 1920s, the same place where the “Medical Department Equipment Laboratory” was first established on October 1, 1920. First Aid Packets had been in use with the US Military since before the coming of the Great War in the form of the FIRST AID PACKET – U.S. ARMY (shown on this example).

This dressing, already developed in 1904, and subsequently introduced in 1906, was supplied to the troops in a sealed brass casing, to protect the bandage inside against gas attacks, and to also ensure that it remained sterile. Early examples of these First Aid packets were opened by pulling a metal D-ring, which separated the two halves of the packaging, revealing the paper-sealed bandage within (contents consisted of 3 separate items: one sterile bandage, another sterile bandage, and two large safety pins). As medical advances and discoveries were made, it was found that the First Aid Packet was inadequate for dealing with front line casualties and wounds (nevertheless, millions were produced during World War 1).

Following the Great War, millions of First-Aid Packet – U.S. Army (manufactured by Bauer & Black, Chicago, U.S.A.) containing small sterile dressings and carried by each soldier in a pouch attached to his pistol or cartridge belt, were still available packed and sealed in their little brass Olive-Drab container. Notwithstanding the general policy to utilize existing stocks first, the Medical Equipment Laboratory (part of the Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania) started investigating methods to improve existing medical equipment and explore the possibility of introducing new products. Studies were started in 1922 which would ultimately lead to a new First-Aid Packet, U.S. Government, Carlisle Model (new metal container with improved contents). The 1927 Depression and budget restrictions would however hold up manufacture, although its characteristics were widely known to the US Army authorities, with the ‘new’ item being designated First-Aid Packet, New Style.

As a result, an improved version was introduced in 1940, designated First-Aid Packet, U.S. Government – Carlisle Model to tackle the problem of front line wounds and casualties.