You indeed have an Alphabet Commercial made sometime in the early 1920s. The nitch experts will tell you what year it was made, based on the serial number.
It seems to be cleaning up rather nicely, but I would have an expert try to determine if it was in a fire or simply poorly stored. I would personally not be comfortable firing a Luger that had heat damage to the metal, while I would have no problem with a pistol that had simply rusted.
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