1906/24 Waffenfabrik Bern

[panda]

Originally Posted by Talyn

P.45 does not mean the age of the person who got this pistol but the year in which the pistol was transferred to who received it.

Lugers were adopted by the Swiss in the early 1900's.

Thanks for the info...


Now... if your luger was manufactured in 27 and handed out to a young and fresh officer in 28 or 29 (obviously it cannot have been earlier). It would mean that this officer would have served at most for 16 or 17 years in this capacity before being released from duty in 1945. Right?

Now being appointed officer at the age of 33 (to go for 17 years up to the age of at least 50 with this gun) in the Swiss army is rather unusual... if you don't make it by the age of 25-27 (which would make you 42-44 at release from duty), probably you missed the officer's train.

It would seem to me that the military carrier of the first owner of this gun seems to be quite unusual.

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by panda

Thanks for the info...


Now... if your luger was manufactured in 27 and handed out to a young and fresh officer in 28 or 29 (obviously it cannot have been earlier). It would mean that this officer would have served at most for 16 or 17 years in this capacity before being released from duty in 1945. Right?

Now being appointed officer at the age of 33 (to go for 17 years up to the age of at least 50 with this gun) in the Swiss army is rather unusual... if you don't make it by the age of 25-27 (which would make you 42-44 at release from duty), probably you missed the officer's train.

It would seem to me that the military carrier of the first owner of this gun seems to be quite unusual.

More likely it was issued to an older officer who lost his first one in a marine ampibious exercise on Lake Lucerne so he needed another sidearm. He retired in 1945, the Luger was stamped and taken home only to be lost as collateral in a poker game with a US Navy officer who brought it to the US. The unusual part is the secret existance of Swiss Marines.

Just kidding of course.