Jim, is there any proofing on the barrel?
The frame sounds like an early DWM military P08. The lack of the hold open means it was not brought back in for rework, or was out of service by then with perhaps a barrel problem.
Obviously rebarreled at some point. My best guess would be one of the small shops operating in the early Weimar years, making Lugers from surplus parts. Very little is known about these other than they did exist. Many did excellent work, others, not so great.
The serial number would be useful as this is likely to show up rebarreled in 4 inch with its highly desirable unit marking and early provenance (unless you bought it of course)
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