Pete, a great find! I am going to enter an area that I am not fully clear on. The proofs on the right side of the reciever are those usually found on standard DWM Lugers of that era, and are in fact on my 1916 and 1918 DWM's. This is not what I am sure of--the Erfurt toggle train. The question being, it is commonly accepted that the Royal Erfurt Arsenal went into Luger production at about 1910, although examples such as yours are found with earlier dates. I am confused as to just when did Erfurt actually apply their own right reciever markings, or did they just continue to use DWM recievers forever?? I have recently purchased an alleged original 1914 Erfurt, all matching EXCEPT the mag (Sunday) and am anxiously awaiting it's arrival to research the markings. My references have bits and pieces related to this but nothing really difinitive. I guess that is why I love this hobby, I love a mystery! Perhaps Jan or one of the more advanced collectors sould shed some light on this. Anyway, if your Luger is original, leave it that way. While Thor does beautiful work, doing it to an original is a crime, and he just might refuse to do it.
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