Rich,
That's the provisional unit mark applied prior to the final or official unit mark. 1st Regt. weapon 40.
James,
It started out as an Artillery Luger in 1917. Note the Artillery sight notch in the chamber. It was re-barreled, or assembled from parts on hand and reissued after WWI. A very nice example of a Reichswehr Luger. The Russian capture "X" would be a large and crude X stamped into the receiver. On the grip, it would be a routine inspection mark.
Russian captures and/or East German VoPos are usually mismatched and often have force matched crudely applied numbers.
Ron
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I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one.
What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...
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