1842... Technically not a Luger
 

Strictily speaking this post is in the wrong section but since I believe the subject will only be of interest to Swiss Luger collectors, I'll nevertheless post it here.

Here's an 1842 militia pistol that has equipped both the Confederate army (with Swiss cross) and the cantonal militias (with cantonal marking). This one has been used by the militia of the canton of Vaud

http://www.admin.ch/ch/img/wappen/kt-vd.gif

and has been marked accordingly.

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/3640/184215zy.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/6339/184225ps.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/7850/184233wc.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/852/184245tx.jpg

It was the regular gun used at the time of the Swiss civil war "Sonderbund-Krieg" in 1847 that led to the modern Swiss federal State (1848).

More details on the gun/militia of Vaud can be found here: Feulibre

Very nice Panda, a beauty for anyone's gun collection!

:)

Ed

To me it's a stunning pistol. Thanks for sharing.

I'm pretty ignorant on these things, but was the lanyard ring common on such pistols?

Thanks for the flowers. :cheers:

To my knowledge they all have one.