101 years old
 

I thought some of you guys might like to see this "rig" I completed with an original cleaning rod.

The 1915 gun is all matched except the mags which are period correct, it has seen service in WWI and WWII then brought back in 1945 by Emilio Spezzafero a good Italian boy like my family heritage!

Not great condition for the gun and the holster and the holster was reworked for the cleaning rod.

Mark

Nice Mark,
got to love 'em when they come with papers!

Very nice and great photography!

Mark

Beautiful rig and picture, then when a gun comes with its own papers it's always a plus.

Regards

Nice rig Marc! The papers look like the "carbon copy" of the original certificate which was probably filed by the soldier's unit.

I'd bet that today's digital generation would look at you like a deer staring at a car's headlights if you asked them if they knew what "carbon paper" was!:roflmao: They would probably ask if Al Gore invented it...

MarkC, such a beautiful piece of history. That's a keeper for sure. Thank you for sharing the story.

John ... I have fun with the interns at work when I ask them what cc: means on emails, so I know what you are talking about! :)

Mark

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

Happy Birthday - I should be around so long !!!

Very nice rig, with a lot of history, as it was used thru all 3 German periods. Best of luck.

This Imperial holster was reworked during the Weimar period when they added a leather attachment in order to hold the cleaning rod. This attachment was installed on some older and also newly manufactured Luger holsters. This style was originally designed for pre War commercial holsters. The military cleaning rod version was discontinued after 1934. The rod, if original, which I am sure it is, would be worth a few bucks.