Swiss Luger cleaning kit

pisto · 03-02-2003, 05:44 AM

Hello,
just another courious item in my collecton appeared.
A Swiss cleaning Kit marked with the cross on any part.
Steel body
steel cleaning rod with screw driver
and 2 brass stics.
My book: "Pistolen und Revolver der Schweiz seit 1720" from Kriss Reinhart and JÃ?Â¼rg A. Meier
says, that during WWI cleaning kits could be out of steel, but then the content parts should be out of a cheap aloi metal.
These are made of brass? The whole thing looks actually not older as 10 jears.

Regards

Pete Ebbink · 03-06-2003, 10:52 AM

Hello Roland !

In my copy of Eugene Bender's book, "Luger holsters & Accessories Of The 20th. Century" on page 495, Mr. Bender states "...tubes (of the cleaning kits) were made of brass until the advent of World War I, after which there were fabricated of sheet metal.".

After 1949, they were of sheet metal but of a little different configuration...the photo of the 1949 kit Mr. Bender shows has all the cleaning parts of brass and the container of sheet metal only.

I own one kit from 1882 and two kits from 1900; all have brass tubes and all misc. parts are of brass construction, except the longer main shaft with has the screw-driver end...that is made of carbon steel.

Hope this info. helps...

Regards,

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

pisto · 03-06-2003, 01:47 PM

Pete, thanks a lot for telling me something about it. I think the kit is post WWII.

03-02-2003, 05:44 AM	#1
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Swiss Luger cleaning kit Hello, just another courious item in my collecton appeared. A Swiss cleaning Kit marked with the cross on any part. Steel body steel cleaning rod with screw driver and 2 brass stics. My book: "Pistolen und Revolver der Schweiz seit 1720" from Kriss Reinhart and JÃ?Â¼rg A. Meier says, that during WWI cleaning kits could be out of steel, but then the content parts should be out of a cheap aloi metal. These are made of brass? The whole thing looks actually not older as 10 jears. Regards

03-06-2003, 10:52 AM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hello Roland ! In my copy of Eugene Bender's book, "Luger holsters & Accessories Of The 20th. Century" on page 495, Mr. Bender states "...tubes (of the cleaning kits) were made of brass until the advent of World War I, after which there were fabricated of sheet metal.". After 1949, they were of sheet metal but of a little different configuration...the photo of the 1949 kit Mr. Bender shows has all the cleaning parts of brass and the container of sheet metal only. I own one kit from 1882 and two kits from 1900; all have brass tubes and all misc. parts are of brass construction, except the longer main shaft with has the screw-driver end...that is made of carbon steel. Hope this info. helps... Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

03-06-2003, 01:47 PM	#3
pisto User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 228 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Pete, thanks a lot for telling me something about it. I think the kit is post WWII.