What is this strap?

Milsurp Collector · 02-09-2013, 09:52 PM

I recently got this 1916 DWM and it has a leather strap on the lanyard loop. Any information will be appreciated.

ithacaartist · 02-09-2013, 10:20 PM

Hi James,

This type of strap attached to the lanyard loop was typically installed to aid in lifting the pistol from its holster. I think the lifting strap in the standard P.08 holsters an ungainly setup, and consider this option actually quite elegant. Another member, Eric (cirelaw) commissioned Jerry Burney (lugerholsterrepair) to fashion one for him--search for it and you may find the thread--or maybe Eric, himself, or Jerry will shoot us a pic. As I recall,it turned out great!

Milsurp Collector · 02-09-2013, 11:16 PM

Thanks for the reply. Was it an official accessory, and what era is it from? Post-WW I?

ithacaartist · 02-09-2013, 11:50 PM

Sorry, you may have gone to the well once too often, in my case! I cannot give your questions definitive answers.

Recollection is that it was not anything official, but take that with a grain of salt. I have another fuzzy recall, like, it may be more often encountered on pistols associated with the Swiss? We both better hope that some who actually know something about the artifact and its historical use chime in here.

sheepherder · 02-10-2013, 08:36 AM

I'm just a dummy; Jerry Burney is the acknowledged expert in this area, and he posts pics occasionally of Luger "pulls" and/or lanyards...Here's a thread/pic he posted some time back -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=28419

Yours seems to be a home-made 'pull', much shorter than usually found, and could I suppose be called a 'field expedient solution' to the problem of getting a Luger out of its holster quickly...

lugerholsterrepair · 02-10-2013, 04:19 PM

James..The strap you show on your pistol looks to be a home made aid to pistol extraction as indicated by David and he is correct. The Swiss were quite fond of this handy device. You see a short lanyard sewn permanently onto Swiss pistols fairly frequently whereas you don't on German pistols.
The photo posted by Rich is my answer to keeping stress off of the pull-up strap of your holster when you take out the pistol cause if you break it..it's bad.
Mine is also removeable so you can transfer it one to the other. I also use one at the range as a steadying brace as it lays on my wrist.

02-09-2013, 09:52 PM	#1
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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 7,285 Thanked 2,579 Times in 1,366 Posts	Hi James, This type of strap attached to the lanyard loop was typically installed to aid in lifting the pistol from its holster. I think the lifting strap in the standard P.08 holsters an ungainly setup, and consider this option actually quite elegant. Another member, Eric (cirelaw) commissioned Jerry Burney (lugerholsterrepair) to fashion one for him--search for it and you may find the thread--or maybe Eric, himself, or Jerry will shoot us a pic. As I recall,it turned out great! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

02-09-2013, 11:50 PM	#4
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 7,285 Thanked 2,579 Times in 1,366 Posts	Sorry, you may have gone to the well once too often, in my case! I cannot give your questions definitive answers. Recollection is that it was not anything official, but take that with a grain of salt. I have another fuzzy recall, like, it may be more often encountered on pistols associated with the Swiss? We both better hope that some who actually know something about the artifact and its historical use chime in here. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

02-10-2013, 08:36 AM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	I'm just a dummy; Jerry Burney is the acknowledged expert in this area, and he posts pics occasionally of Luger "pulls" and/or lanyards...Here's a thread/pic he posted some time back - http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=28419 Yours seems to be a home-made 'pull', much shorter than usually found, and could I suppose be called a 'field expedient solution' to the problem of getting a Luger out of its holster quickly... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

02-10-2013, 04:19 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	James..The strap you show on your pistol looks to be a home made aid to pistol extraction as indicated by David and he is correct. The Swiss were quite fond of this handy device. You see a short lanyard sewn permanently onto Swiss pistols fairly frequently whereas you don't on German pistols. The photo posted by Rich is my answer to keeping stress off of the pull-up strap of your holster when you take out the pistol cause if you break it..it's bad. Mine is also removeable so you can transfer it one to the other. I also use one at the range as a steadying brace as it lays on my wrist. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

02-09-2013, 11:16 PM	#3
Milsurp Collector User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Thanks for the reply. Was it an official accessory, and what era is it from? Post-WW I?