Hi guys
I frequent fleamarkets sometimes here in Norway, and I am always looking for German militaria. In august I found a strange looking webbed cord. I thought it looked interesting, and did not study it much before I bought it. At the time I remember thinking I should have bargained but I felt bad for the seller because his table was filled with unwanted toys and junk, I also bought a German Zeiler flashlight.
Later on I found a P.38 stamp on the cord, and though it was for the German mauser/walther pistols. I put it away in a drawer and forgot about it. Yesterday I found out it was a lanyard in some posts here on the forum.
Here is some of the history:
"Norway received a large amount of these in the period 1940-45, and after the war they went into arsenals together with many of the P.38 handguns. The army then burned many of the lanyards, and a few still remain. Many have been exported to collectors overseas" (probably to many members here
)
As with most German gear they are being faked. I was hoping there were some
P.38 experts here who knew a good lanyard from a bad one... I was wondering if my lanyard was genuine or not.
Also if they have any DAK/Tropical significance due to their webbing and color.
Im also posting pictures of two holsters and a byf p38 that belong to my father. one has NATO markings and the other one P38 marking on the bak. Are both german issue?
- Jon Kjetil
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I frequent fleamarkets sometimes here in Norway, and I am always looking for German militaria. In august I found a strange looking webbed cord. I thought it looked interesting, and did not study it much before I bought it. At the time I remember thinking I should have bargained but I felt bad for the seller because his table was filled with unwanted toys and junk, I also bought a German Zeiler flashlight.
Later on I found a P.38 stamp on the cord, and though it was for the German mauser/walther pistols. I put it away in a drawer and forgot about it. Yesterday I found out it was a lanyard in some posts here on the forum.
Here is some of the history:
"Norway received a large amount of these in the period 1940-45, and after the war they went into arsenals together with many of the P.38 handguns. The army then burned many of the lanyards, and a few still remain. Many have been exported to collectors overseas" (probably to many members here
)As with most German gear they are being faked. I was hoping there were some
P.38 experts here who knew a good lanyard from a bad one... I was wondering if my lanyard was genuine or not.
Also if they have any DAK/Tropical significance due to their webbing and color.
Im also posting pictures of two holsters and a byf p38 that belong to my father. one has NATO markings and the other one P38 marking on the bak. Are both german issue?
- Jon Kjetil
Previous threads on the subject:
1 - 2 - 3
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