If I'm reading Gortz & Sturgess' book correctly, you have a Luger that was newly manufactured using both new and used parts by the repair facility in Kassel, Germany, in 1933 before the Nazis came to power. The Lugers were made for the German Army and completely refinished to be as new. They apparently were serial numbered in their own serial range.
Following WW!, the German Army established Ordnance Depots called "Heeres-Zeugamter" abbreviated "H. Za" and also subsidiary repair facilities which collectively were termed "Feldzengdienstellen" or Ordnance Headquarters. The facility in Kassel was identified by the letters "KL".
So what you have is a "newly made" Luger using a WW1 Erfurt frame and toggle train and a DWM receiver that was originally on an Artillery Luger. It has a new barrel. The original date on the receiver and the original Erfurt serial number on the frame were scrubbed. New serial numbers were then stamped on the parts needing them to make an all matching gun and the "KL 1933" stamped over the chamber.
It's a rather unique Luger as the number of Lugers made at Kassel would not be great. A nice find.
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