It is a New Model (1908 type) commercial luger.
Neither 1916 nor 1919 are "real" model designations, only something used by those books/authors.
It has a relieved sear bar, so made in 1916 or after; this may be where someone got the "1916" as a model.
Dwight Gruber has posted a link to his large list of commercial luger serial number data.
You can find the link in the stickies .
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03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector.
Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie
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