Check it out

MikeP · 03-29-2016, 08:18 PM

Check out the dangly thing hanging from the German.

Only pic I ever saw of one in use.

Edward Tinker · 03-29-2016, 08:21 PM

Mike, is it attached to the binoculars too?

No, I don't think so, looking at it closer

Arizona Slim · 03-29-2016, 10:22 PM

?????, Please explain, when I enlarge the photo it becomes even more difficult to try to identify.

Thanks,

Lon

MikeP · 03-30-2016, 02:16 AM

This

Sergio Natali · 03-30-2016, 05:00 AM

He must have it somehow attached to his belt.

alanint · 03-30-2016, 06:31 AM

No, there is clearly a strap rising from the pistol at a 45 degree angle towards the soldier's collar, which is completely separate from the binocular straps, which are both vertical. This might be the strap for a map case, as the soldier is an NCO, and the pistol might be attached to this, but not to the binoculars.

This looks like the fall of France, as the soldier he is trying to take custody of appears to be French.

Sergio Natali · 03-30-2016, 06:55 AM

Probably an injured French soldier, I don't think the luger is attached to the binocular, but I don't think is hanging from his neck either, in any case is not the safest way to carry a pistol.

sheepherder · 03-30-2016, 08:58 AM

He also appears to be holding a rifle [butt resting on ground] with his right hand.

DonVoigt · 03-30-2016, 09:22 AM

Mexican carry?(luger on a string/lanyard for quick access)

Sergio Natali · 03-30-2016, 12:26 PM

The "mexican carry" should be with the Luger in his pants, but to me he's keeping his gun dandling...

Ron Wood · 03-30-2016, 12:54 PM

There are two variations/interpretations of "Mexican carry": one is with the gun tucked into the waistband of the pants over the rear pocket (concealed carry); the other is with the gun visibly dangling on a lanyard for quick access. Both styles of carry probably were necessitated by the lack of a suitable holster.

DonVoigt · 03-30-2016, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

There are two variations/interpretations of "Mexican carry": one is with the gun tucked into the waistband of the pants over the rear pocket (concealed carry); the other is with the gun visibly dangling on a lanyard for quick access. Both styles of carry probably were necessitated by the lack of a suitable holster.

Actually I thought it was a third:
pistol on string in front of pants, string keeps pistol from sliding down into pants.

The one in the picture looks like it is suspended from a lanyard,
was probably in hand until the situation deteriorated to that seen.
JMHO.

Sergio Natali · 03-31-2016, 04:20 AM

Found in another forum:

Interesting History
Massad Ayoob says:
The [Mexican Carry] term is not perjorative. It arose long ago among gun people. In homage to proud Mexican men of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beset by trants who stripped them of liberties, including the right to carry guns if they were not part of the political elite, these defiant citizens.... needed to be able to ditch the gun to be retrieved later if they were about to have contact with Federales, and since a holster could not be so quickly ditched and would be prima facie evidence of resistance to tyrants' law, the holster was dispensed with.
- The Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry

Kind regards.

Dwight Gruber · 03-31-2016, 09:25 AM

--Dwight

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Probably an injured French soldier, I don't think the luger is attached to the binocular, but I don't think is hanging from his neck either, in any case is not the safest way to carry a pistol. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	No, there is clearly a strap rising from the pistol at a 45 degree angle towards the soldier's collar, which is completely separate from the binocular straps, which are both vertical. This might be the strap for a map case, as the soldier is an NCO, and the pistol might be attached to this, but not to the binoculars. This looks like the fall of France, as the soldier he is trying to take custody of appears to be French.

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	The "mexican carry" should be with the Luger in his pants, but to me he's keeping his gun dandling... __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

03-30-2016, 12:54 PM	#11
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	There are two variations/interpretations of "Mexican carry": one is with the gun tucked into the waistband of the pants over the rear pocket (concealed carry); the other is with the gun visibly dangling on a lanyard for quick access. Both styles of carry probably were necessitated by the lack of a suitable holster. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

03-31-2016, 04:20 AM	#13
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	Found in another forum: Interesting History Massad Ayoob says: The [Mexican Carry] term is not perjorative. It arose long ago among gun people. In homage to proud Mexican men of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beset by trants who stripped them of liberties, including the right to carry guns if they were not part of the political elite, these defiant citizens.... needed to be able to ditch the gun to be retrieved later if they were about to have contact with Federales, and since a holster could not be so quickly ditched and would be prima facie evidence of resistance to tyrants' law, the holster was dispensed with. - The Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry Kind regards. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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