Hi,
This one indeed has all the hallmarks of an East-German rework as Dwight stated.
These guns really deserve more attention than they get as the quality of the reworking is very good, shooting quality of these guns is excellent and they were reworked in locations associated with pre-war Luger production (VEB Ernst Thaelmann also consisted of ex-Krieghoff/Simson facilities and most probably also the workers).
Although their exterior looks bland, they are carefully adjusted to work properly. The magazines are normally marked 02/1001 and are stamped to the gun with 1 and 2 suffixes to identify magazine #1 and magazine #2.
The grips are of a very good quality and are comfortable in the hand, my first choice for shooting.
If you find an etched serial number on the fire pin, that's normal and should match the last 2 digits of the frame serial number.
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