Carl, your Luger carries a commercial five digit serial number that places production in the Weimar period. It falls outside the Basil serial number range. The sear safety indicates that it was produced as a police gun and the date is likely the original, meaning that 1920 is the only date the receiver has ever had stamped on it. The lack of military proofs on the right receiver wall is typical of commercial pistols.
The only thing out of wack is the serial number itself. The 95,500 range is about 3,500 higher than any in the commercial range reported by Jan Still in "Weimar and Early Nazi Lugers". He caps his Police pistols at about 92,000 and yours obviously is somewhat higher. The 1920 date would seem to indicate that the serial number should be lower. Perhaps Jan will read your message and give us his opinion. It sounds like a nice pistol and one you'll want to keep.
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