The pistol you have pictured here would fall into the category of FrankenBulgarian. The frame, indeed, looks like a 1908 Bulgarian. If you have the opportunity to look at it again, note that it has no lanyard staple, and indeed has never had one (it was not removed, they were manufactured without them). If you can take off the grips, you should find a hole drilled through the frame at the bottom just in back of the magazine well--this was for a lanyard loop.
You don't say what is stamped above the receiver, if anything. A Bulgarian would have the DWM logo stamped there; the Bulgarian proof, a small standing lion, should be stamped on the right side. The gun pictured looks to have standard German proofs, although it is difficult to identify specifically which ones from the photograph.
A Bulgarian toggle would have the Bulgarian crest stamped where the DWM logo is normally found.
You can find pictures of a 1908 Bulgarian in Kenyon's "Lugers At Random" on pages 146-147, and pictures and history in Still's "Imperial Lugers", pp 201-207.
--Dwight
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