SeattleXYZ,
On the face of it, blued small parts on a 1915-dated Luger indicates re-blue. Witness Mark (barrel registration) is not a reliable indicator of originality without close examination, very often not even then.
"Armory rebuild" is a very slippery term. It is applicable to Lugers only under very specific circumstances, usually it is applied by sellers who want to enhance the value of a reblued Luger to an uninformed buyer.
On the other hand, this Luger has very interesting markings. It would be useful to see all of them in as sharp closeup as possible, before anything substantive can be said about it.
--Dwight
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