That is an excellent early Luger Pete. As a matter of fact, it pre-dates 1900. Since you identified it as British, it almost has to be one of the two sent to England for testing and is actually an 1899 pre-production. I believe it is serial number 26, and still resides in the pattern room in England. I am not sure what happened to the second one but I think it might be in a collection here in the States now.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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