Olive-green canvas pistol holster with reinforced stitching and two blackened metal belt hooks for attachment to web equipment. The holster features a flap closure secured by a metal snap and includes a small integrated pouch on the front designed to hold an extra magazine. The shape and dimensions suggest it was intended for a semi-automatic pistol, such as the Browning Hi-Power or Colt M1911, both of which were standard service sidearms during the Cold War era.
Constructed from heavy cotton canvas and designed for use with the Pattern 1951 (P51) Canadian webbing system or the U.S. M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment, this holster type replaced the khaki Pattern 1937 leather and canvas models used during the Second World War.