Steve,
You might ask the seller for more detailed photos.
Three areas I would look for in detailed photos would be :
1. Polished thumb safety area to see how well-shaped and clean the polished (milled) area appears.
2. Close up photo of the Bernerprobe (BP) on the left side of the receiver. On an original finished piece, I would expect to see it stamped "through the bluing".
3. Close up of the top of the toggle link to see how deep the lettering and Swiss cross are stamped.
BTW...this is the later variety of the 06/24 Bern Luger with its taller "island" on the trigger side plate. This change began to appear around the middle of the 27xxx serial range. This gun on G-B is in the # 29xxx serial range.
I would also expect this gun to be salt-blued (i.e. dipped process in salt baths) so the interior surfaces of the gun would not be "in the white". This change from rust blue to salt blue also seemed to occur transitionally in the 27xxx serial range.
On this G-B offering, the photo seems to show a pronounced bluing difference on the trigger side plate versus the rest of the gun. Maybe follow-up photos from the seller to you might show if this is the case or not...
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