I just picked up a Luger almost identical to the one mentioned here. It has a small amount of pitting do to lack of care (mostly under the grips. The serial number is 28,358 (8358B) 1916 production marked. I am happy to say that full disassembly shows every numbered part has matching numbers. I have two questions one is identification I know it's a DWM but there are additional numbers. On the front of the grip is stamped SDIII 448 the numbers are X'ed out, any ideas? Also the finish is extremely worn and I've thought about having it re-blued. Oh and one last one I'm sure this is normal but I haven't seen it mentioned but the loaded chamber indicator has "geladen" stamped into it.
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