Re: What Luger is this?
Simon,
As mlm stated, the shoulder holster is tough to determine who used them. At some point the Luftwaffe was told that aviators were not to use the full size pistols, but were to use the smaller 7.65mm pistols. OF course, you can never tell in the military.
Another use of the shoulder holsters that I have read about is the Panzers crews. This allowed them to use a full size pistol and it would not hang up on equipment inside the Panzer. I have seen a couple of shoulder holsters that had a Waffenamt, but I cannot say for sure they were military issue or not. I feel sure that maybe some of the Panzer commanders would have purchased locally made shoulder holsters for their own use. I have one shoulder holster that came with a Luger that I bought from a veteran. He said the rig came together, but could not confirm where it came from since he bought it from another GI. I think the shoulder holsters are very interesting as a Luger rig. The one I have has the shoulder staps that appear to be made from the leather straps used to strap personal equipment with. It is very well made and simple.
Marvin
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