Rob,
Welcome to the Forum!
Firstly, pictures are really the most effective way to get your questions answered and so we await them.
Secondly, what makes you think this P.08 was used by a Luftwaffe unit?
Thirdly, in ansewr to your question; P.08s were marked with the full serial number including suffix or no suffix on the front of the frame. The serial number without suffix is also stamped on the left side of the receiver. Most other small parts are stamped with the last two digits of the serial number. Blocks started with SN 1 and went to 10,000. The serial number may also include a suffix depending on the sequence of manufacturing. Production started in 1934 with NS and proceeded through the alphabet, less the letter j. It then repeated again and again..
Fourth, it is NOT usual or correct for serial numbers to be mixed on any given gun. Guns left the factory with all serial numbers matching in accordance with the description given above.
Hope this helps.
Just FYI, the 1937 year did include a block without suffix. The non-suffix block of 10,000 guns was produced in the October time frame or so. Mauser produced about 128,000 guns in 1937. The vast majority went to the Army.
John
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