Tornister - E. Luneschloss 1939

[StuG III]

Hi, got this today and would just like to show and maybe get some comments. Can anyone tell me more about this maker because every time I google it I get a P. Luneschloss who made blades. The only other one I found was a strap marked E.W.Luneschloss. Also the three pronged swastika is a bit confusing.
Regards Tom
PS - Please excuse the quality of some of the photos, but taken at different times with different cameras.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Tom, looks fine. I am 99% certain I have seen this marking before.

Cheers, Ade.

[StuG III]

Thanks Ade. I would like to know more about the swastika marking. Someone told me it was the early form of swastika used, but I can find no corroborating info. Regards Tom

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Tom, this form of swastika was know as the Trifos. But that is all I can tell you.

By the way, the odds are that the maker of this pack was related in some way to the "PD Luneschloss" of dagger making fame.

Cheers, Ade.

[StuG III]

Hi Ade. Thanks a lot mate. I think you may be right about the makers being related as they are both listed as being from Solingen. I think the same applies to E.W Luneschloss.
Regards Tom

[jimpy]

Hi Tom

I think that I may be able to shed a bit more light on this ruck' for you.
If I have got my facts right, and from a quick glance through a couple of my reference books, I believe they are, I believe that you have a:

M1934 pack, (Tornister 34), with integral shoulder straps.
(Ref: Osprey Men-At-Arms No 234: German Combat Equipments 1939-45 by Rottmann & Volstad)

As regards the Trifos, the only reference that I can find to it, is in its use a collar patch for 27. SS-Frei-Gren-Div "Langemark" and its predesessing units of Flemish volunteer units "Nordwest" and "Flandern"so what its significance is in this relationship, I havent got a clue!
(Ref: Waffen-SS Uniforms & Insignia by Krawczyk & Lukacs)

Hope that this is of some use.

Ian

[StuG III]

Thanks Ian! I also have had no joy in finding out more about the Trifos other than its connection to religious matters. Well we'll keep trying.
Tom

[Adrian Stevenson]

Putting this one to bed. Here is the makers advert. Note the "Hooked Star" trademark.

Cheers, Ade.

[StuG III]

Good work Ade! Thanks for the info.
Tom

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks Tom. My pleasure.

Just for interest, here is their advert from 1938. The previous two were earlier.

Cheers, Ade.