Viewed the 1902 AE fat barrel today.

[Ron Wood]

I have been thinking over this gun for a few days now. In my experience, it looks correct. On this model, there will not be any halo around the numbers and markings, and barrel proofs (if there are any...and there may not be any, which is also correct) and bore diameter markings will be very weak. The flat appearance of the takedown lever is correct, so if it was refinished whoever did it was pretty sharp.

There were not a lot of these American Eagle and Commercial 1902 Lugers made...they are almost in the "prototype" category, so apparently the finish of these examples departs significantly from the guns that precede and follow their production.

The thing that bothers me is the statement that the serial number was "in correct 27,000 range". That is way too high for a 1902. It is hard to tell from the picture but it looks like it is in the 23,000 range, which is OK.