New P08 Luger Owner, Many Questions About a Refinished Shooter

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Originally Posted by Dwight Gruber

Congratulations, you did quite well for $700. In brief, this is a P08 assembled by the East German Deutsche Volkspolizei in June of 1953. It has quite a story to tell, and if you post good, sharp closeup pictures of all its markings we can decipher it.

--Dwight

Dwight, how did you determine this fairly precise date? What am I missing?