[saxman]

Yes, I was thinking that yours was like mine from your description. I also have the three #31 proofs on the receiver, but not the waffenampt marks. The question is whether these pistols were made during the Weimar era or earlier. Because they have the #31 proofs, it indicates to me that they were newly made in this period. Otherwise, the old proof marks would have been ground off and the new ones stamped. There is no evidence of any such work on my pistol, and I'm betting not on yours, either. I would love to find out exactly when it was made, but evidently that cannot be known. Must have been around 1920. Of course the 1920 mark is a property mark for the Weimar government. My pistol gets complicated because it has an upper half with the same serial number but a different suffix - frame is 4084h but barrel is 4084l. This may have been done for a later rework, or when the pistol was assembled if it was made up from parts. The finish on both elements is rust blue and looks exactly the same.