Just acquired this K31, in excellent shape; walnut stock with very little butt abuse 
, almost perfect bluing, VG bore and all matching #'s including the bayonet (diopter not included). As the butt stock tag indicated Lucerne PD, I emailed them a note to enquire if they could share any additional info and was pleasantly surprised to receive the following prompt reply:
Dear Bill
For several decades, the Lucerne police had a reserve of 100 pieces of Swiss ordnance carabiners.
The police officer were then only equipped with a pistol, which is why these weapons were handed over to the members of the corps in case of possible large-scale deployments.
In a later phase, in the beginning of 1960, the carbiners were replaced by the Sturmgewehr SIG, Model 1957.
Since then, these carabiners were stored at the cantonal police of Lucerne.
Since these weapons were no longer usable for police use, they were used on behalf of the police commando.
On January 7, 2009, the weapons were sold and exported to Gunsmith at Calgary Shooting Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
There was also your carabiner with the number 711250.
We send you friendly greetings from Switzerland.
Kpl N. Zimmerli
Fachbereich Waffen und Sprengstoff
LUZERNER POLIZEI
Kriminalpolizei
Hirschengraben 17a
CH - 6003 Luzern
, almost perfect bluing, VG bore and all matching #'s including the bayonet (diopter not included). As the butt stock tag indicated Lucerne PD, I emailed them a note to enquire if they could share any additional info and was pleasantly surprised to receive the following prompt reply:Dear Bill
For several decades, the Lucerne police had a reserve of 100 pieces of Swiss ordnance carabiners.
The police officer were then only equipped with a pistol, which is why these weapons were handed over to the members of the corps in case of possible large-scale deployments.
In a later phase, in the beginning of 1960, the carbiners were replaced by the Sturmgewehr SIG, Model 1957.
Since then, these carabiners were stored at the cantonal police of Lucerne.
Since these weapons were no longer usable for police use, they were used on behalf of the police commando.
On January 7, 2009, the weapons were sold and exported to Gunsmith at Calgary Shooting Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
There was also your carabiner with the number 711250.
We send you friendly greetings from Switzerland.
Kpl N. Zimmerli
Fachbereich Waffen und Sprengstoff
LUZERNER POLIZEI
Kriminalpolizei
Hirschengraben 17a
CH - 6003 Luzern
