Bobby,
Welcome to the Forum.
You are fortunate to have inherited this gun from your father. Did he serve in WWII?? Was it a bring back?
The gun itself appears to be a 1939 Mauser built Model P.08, the standard military sidearm of the day.
There were a lot of 1939s made so it is not a scarce variation and it has suffered from bad use or storage.. The three digit serial number has no relationship to scarcity. Every block of 10,000 P.08s that was produced had a three digit serial number as they ran from 1 to 10,000. Was it stored in the holster? That's a bad thing.
It has limited collectible value but should have significant sentimental value especially if it is a bring back.
Hope this helps.
John
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