John, the marking on the grip strap seems to indicate that the pistol ended up in police service. This would be confirmed by additions of sear safeties and other such stuff to include gripstrap markings.
The marking L.P.Th.538. may be for Landespolizei Thuringia weapon number 538. Landespolizei translates to State Police. Thuringia was once a German state and may still be today.
I may be way off on this but it seems all the Weimar experts are on sabbatical.
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