The top side of the receiver might give some more clues but the absence of the Mauser hump on the frame, lets me guess that it is an earlier frame.
The Vopo star is on the left side, which is odd.
East German armourers were not concerned with collectors values but to make guns work with their skill and what they had on hand.
I have found most E.G. P.08s shoot quite well and only one that did not just have some reliability issues but that I never got to work for more than three consecutive shots, a beautiful G-date.
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