Charles Petter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Petter

Swiss firearms designer (1880-1953)

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1880

Place of Birth: Bern, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1953

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Charles Gabriel Petter (26 March 1880 – 7 July 1953) was a Swiss firearms designer. Charles Petter, born in Lavey-Morcles, studied mechanical engineering in Bern and was a lieutenant in the infantry of the Swiss Army.
He became an employee of Krupp in Essen, Germany.
During World War I he served in the French Foreign Legion, where he obtained French citizenship and the rank of captain. He received two French decorations, the Croix de Guerre and membership in the Legion of Honor.
(He was made a French citizen by Presidential decree in 1916).After that, he was director of the French branch of the Belgian company Armes Automatiques Lewis and consultant of the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) in Cholet.