Don, excellent analysis of your pistol. I agree with your general thesis but think the rework may have occurred in 1935 or -36. The arming of the Gemeindepolizei with P08s was ordered in February 1934. In October 1934 it was acknowledged that this was going slower than planned because of the need to fit the pistols (presumably from the cache of these weapons) with sear and mag safeties. On p. 179 of HWIS, I note holster evidence that the stamp of the Berlin police armory changed from PTV to TP sometime in 1935.
Most Gemeindepolizei did not property stamp their P08s so the 1937 date terminating police property marks probably is not relevant for this pistol.
For what it's worth, my best guess for reworking would be 1935-36.
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