John, in German, I believe, it would translate as "Zweite Torpedo Division". Many naval and military terms are of french origin, such as "division", and therefore remain constant as long as the alphabet does not change.
Your pistol appears to be a P04 version "1906 altered". As I understand it this indicates that the original configuration was safe when the lever was in the up position like commercial 1900s and 1906s. It was altered to be in safe when the lever was down. At the time of the modification the "Gesichert" was added. This marking is unique to this Navy as only the "G" is an upper case letter.
Others know far more about Navys than I, but I still think it is a solid example. I don't know where all the speculation about cold blue comes from.
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