Howard,
So I don't disappoint Ron, my alternate interpretation is "S�¤chsische (Saxon) Landespolizei." This is consistent with Klaus Schad's interpretation of this mark on Lugers and I have seen where C96s were used by various police units in the early 1920s.
I would be very interested in knowing the full serial number of this gun and seeing a photo of the unit mark. This mark may be very helpful in understanding other S.L.Pol. marks, many of which were were x'd out and replaced with S.P./X., where "X." represents one of four Saxon governmental districts: Dresden (D.), Leipzig (L.), Chemnitz (C.) or Zwikau (Zw.).
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