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I have been unable to find any evidence that there was such an animal as a standard issue Luger Lanyard. I have a round,brown leather laynard with a brass swivil clip and a couple of leather keepers that allow adjustment of the loop size. It was given to me 20 years ago in Germany by my lanlord who said that it was his father's P.08 Lanyard (snur) in WWII. I have no reason to doubt that it was but I don't think that it or any other supposedly real one I have seen were military issue. I believe that most German military personnel who used them in either of the wars, bought them from military affects suppliers or fashioned them for themselves. My laynard may have been originally for a Reichs Revolver or WWI era Luger (hence the brass, which is uncommon on WWII era German fittings). The leather is very high quality as is the type of stich braiding and it would have no problem lasting into WWII and is still very serviceable. I have seen the web "P.38" laynards offered and don't know if the are good or not, but think they may be....most are between $200 and $300 now. I am less convinced of the black leather, flat strap lanyards that tend to have nickle plated fittings and some have ink stamped Waffenamts. I feel that unlike holsters, loading tools and spare mags that were issued with the pistol... the laynard were up to the person or perhaps in some cases units to provide and were not standard or even widespread.