So far, so good. Everything you say confirms my belief that this is an early Nazi police Luger. You must be right about the blueing difference, as the gun blue is definitely original rust and the barrel does appear salt blued. There seems to be a number of interesting and scarce characteristics in this Luger, to wit: low production 1914 Erfurt, and functioning mag safety. Anyway, since it isn't in my field of interest, I imagine I will be putting it up for sale one of these days.
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