Afternoon, flawless, welcome to the forum. I'm much much more of a shooter guy than collector so I stay out of this arena, but this is pretty straight forward. You have a DWM (Deutsche Waffen and Munitions Fabrik) which means German Arms and Ammunitions factory) Luger made in 1910. This is an pre WWI Imperial era Luger being made before WWI. Categories loosely defined are Imperial (pre & WWI) Weimar (1920-1936 ?) and the WWII era. The lever on the left side is the safety, when the word "Gesichert" appears that means "safe". The serial number of the gun is 4246 D, the numbers being the serial, the "d " being the block sequence. This was so they could reuse serial numbers keeping them short. There should be "46" visible in several other places also. The 8.82 is the diameter of the bore (distance between the lands)and this is a common diameter. The number 5094 on the magazine is the number which matches the magazine to a specific gun, regretfully not yours. Sounds like you have an early Imperial gun, if possible post some photos. There are several extremely knowledgeable folks here who know these guns much better than I ever will. And welcome again.
rk
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