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Guisan.

Great photo post Guisan. I've got a copy of "Das Schiesswesen In Der Schweiz" on it's way to me now. I hope it's full of nice photo's.

Couple of them look to be shooting Cuckoo Clocks

Interesting pics though.

Besides a lot of them looking geriatric, they all seem to like to dress up in coat, tie and fedora to go shooting. Got a feeling these photos were made long before WWII. Different time as well as place from now.....but the rifles remain and are still fun to shoot.

Well most of the pics were taken between 1935 and 1939, the last two were taken during the war, the brassard with the Swiss cross around the upper arm means that these guys belong to the "home guard', the (long) retired but still armed militia willing to fight for their country.

The brassard was worn to identify them as organized soldiers not being illegal civilian (resistance) fighters.

Guisan.

Ha, I was waiting for you to post Guisan, I knew you would have the answer. Since some of them were shooting K31's the time period would be after 1933 for some but I didn't know how long. I still have a long way to go on recognizing the variance ordenanze uniforms and so forth. I remebered the arm bands from the home guard though. I'm still learning and after a couple or three years find some good stuff posted.

Thanks,

Yeah, wait till you see what I'm gonna post in three more years !

Guisan.

Thanks for the time frame. Guess long time before WWII was missing it on my part. LOL

Hopefully the secret formula for waffenfett. Or you will just wait until my wife finally kills me for trying to reproduce it using her cookware. Then you will post it.

Well there are several recepies for Waffenfett and I only have the older ones that were made wit sheep fat and olive oil ( I posted that one long ago in the Vetty section at Swissrifles.com). From the 1889 rifle on the Waffenfett was standardized issued by the arsenals and no longer self made.

Guisan.