1917 Erfurt "police" P 08 with interesting features

[DonVoigt]

Thanks Don M.
That bit of info goes a long way toward explaining this particular example.
1934-5 time frame fits what I see in the pistol, holster and markings included.

Gemeindepolizei -(from Wikipedia):
Municipalities with more than 2,000 residents, not having a State protection police(Schupo) presence, had to have a municipal police department. In municipalities with less than 2,000 residents, the Gendarmerie was in charge of police protection. During the war, it was planned to extend the responsibility of the Gendarmerie to all towns with less than 5,000 residents, but it did not take place except to a very limited extent. In 1942 municipal police departments existed in 1,338 municipalities with more than 5,000 residents. Of these, five had more than 100,000 residents; 22 had 50-100,00, 591 had 10-50,000, and 720 had 5-10,000 residents.