Swiss Cross - Help needed...
 

Would anyone out there happen to have artwork of the Swiss Cross in Sunburst that appears on the chamber of Swiss Lugers? Any black & white line art in JPG or other electronic form would be most helpful. Please email if so.

Dok <the_dok@bigfoot.com>

Dok,
I have a really close-up picture but, it's a picture in Gun Report magazine....

I don't know if this would be of any help?

Let me know, Brandon

Doc, assuming you have a fair library, there is a good rendering of it on page 267 of John walter's The Luger Book. My darn digital camera quit transferring to the computer or I would take a pic of it for you. Darn, and this is your first post in a long time! Glad to see you are still here.

Hello Dok !

Hope your health is continuing to improve...

Here is a scanned photo from Bobba's swiss luger book, from page 106. Looks like it has 80 "petals"...

http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/swisscrossbobba1.jpg

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Pete,

Thanks for posting that excellent photograph. That is the best photo of the swiss over-chamber crest I have even seen. I guess I may have to save my pennies and buy that Bobba book after all.

John,
It is a bit expensive, but I don't think you would regret the purchase. It is sheer enjoyment and the pictures are fabulous.

John,

Agree with Ron on the book. All lugers shown/photographed are museum-quality pieces.

There is also an invaluable section that compares, in detail, various parts on DWM and Bern lugers as the models changed. This is as good as a similar section in R. Gibson's book, The Krieghoff Parabellum. This book actually teaches you what to expect and look for in the various models with side-by-side close-up detailed photos.

Unlike that "Navy Luger" book which discussed everthing except what various Navy variations should look like.

I will go even further in my recommendation :

Buy the book. If you do not think it valuable, I will buy it from you at your costs...

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />