Swiss model 1900 #1

Pete Ebbink · 12-29-2006, 02:16 PM

Albert, Doc...

I suspect the luger shown in Kenyon's LAR (printed in 1969 and reprinted in 1990) on page 51 is actually serial number "33" and not "39". In LAR, its serial is not identified.

But in Kenyon's 2nd. book L-TMNP (pritned in 1991) on page 67 and in Datig's Swiss Monograph (printed in 1992) on page 23, the gun is identified as "33".

If you compare these other photos with the photo shown in LAR, you will see identical wear patterns at the TD lever and on the thumb safety and the flattening of a grip screw slot on the left side is the same.

The Datig photo is the more recent...and "33" now sports B-L "styled" grips not shown in the two other Kenyon books.

Dr. Geoff Sturgess makes some interesting reading comments about "33" in his long article on the B-L pre-production lugers, also...on the past page of that article.

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12-29-2006, 02:16 PM	#27
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Albert, Doc... I suspect the luger shown in Kenyon's LAR (printed in 1969 and reprinted in 1990) on page 51 is actually serial number "33" and not "39". In LAR, its serial is not identified. But in Kenyon's 2nd. book L-TMNP (pritned in 1991) on page 67 and in Datig's Swiss Monograph (printed in 1992) on page 23, the gun is identified as "33". If you compare these other photos with the photo shown in LAR, you will see identical wear patterns at the TD lever and on the thumb safety and the flattening of a grip screw slot on the left side is the same. The Datig photo is the more recent...and "33" now sports B-L "styled" grips not shown in the two other Kenyon books. Dr. Geoff Sturgess makes some interesting reading comments about "33" in his long article on the B-L pre-production lugers, also...on the past page of that article.