Lanyard info

[lugerholsterrepair]

Klaus, Many thanks for your thoughts on the lanyard for the P08 pistol.

There is so little photographic evidence of the use of the lanyard after WW1... documents concerning it from as late as 1940 are somewhat moot in my opinion. I have never observed an original photo from the WW2 era where a German Soldier is using any kind of issue P08 lanyard.

If anyone out there has any photo's of German Soldiers with lanyards of any kind for any pistol I would dearly love to see them!

I do have many photo's of Soldiers using a P08 lanyard from the WW1 era.

I also have an archive of other nationalities using lanyards..Most if not all are in the WW1 era or at least between wars.

In WW2 the popularity of the pistol lanyard seems to have plumeted. Perhaps it was because of the demise of the Cavalry.
Polish and Dutch show some use but very few actual photo's exist from what I can tell. With all the photo's taken of Soldiers it would seem that it was certainly not common to use the P08 or the P-38 lanyard after WW1.

At any rate..a fascinating subject for me and I appreciate your input.

Jerry Burney