1917 DWM Luger - Please help !!!

[MarkR]

I am clueless to what I've inherited. All I can say is that it originated from my grandfather, an officer in WW II. As the story goes it was taken from a fallen German officer on the battlefield. A story I can, in no way, verify.

It has a 1917 year stamped on it behind the rear sight. Each part has 2 digits stamped on them which coincide with the serial number of 7293. It has a leather holster and two magazines. The leather holster is black with no discernible markings and the two magazines only have a "Made in Germany" DWM marking.

The grips are made of wood and, as far as I know, there have been no mod's done to the weapon. It is still in, what I consider, an excellent and firing condition.

There are 4 symbols on the right side of the breach and a series of characters and numbers on the right side of the barrel below the rear gunsight.

All comments / observations will be greatly appreciated. (I could add photo's if I knew how).

Any comment will be greatly appreciated.