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mrerick · 11-20-2023, 09:30 AM

The variant of Luger you have is called a DWM Alphabet Commercial, with many made for export during the Weimar Era. Your Luger was likely made in 1922.

These are numbered in the commercial way, with fewer parts marked and in less visible places.

IIRC, our Luger FAQ document discusses this. It's free to download from the site. Just follow the FAQ link at the top of each forum page.

If the numbers are the same as the last digits of your Luger serial number, it's considered matching. The magazines are normally not numbered on these commercial pistols, and should be wood bottom plated tin.

I don't recall the inside of the grips being numbered on mine either. I have one in the "m" block.

11-20-2023, 09:30 AM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	The variant of Luger you have is called a DWM Alphabet Commercial, with many made for export during the Weimar Era. Your Luger was likely made in 1922. These are numbered in the commercial way, with fewer parts marked and in less visible places. IIRC, our Luger FAQ document discusses this. It's free to download from the site. Just follow the FAQ link at the top of each forum page. If the numbers are the same as the last digits of your Luger serial number, it's considered matching. The magazines are normally not numbered on these commercial pistols, and should be wood bottom plated tin. I don't recall the inside of the grips being numbered on mine either. I have one in the "m" block. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.