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All the P08s I've seen have a 4 digit serial number combined with a letter a - b - c ...
So the letter changes every 10,000 lugers and it moves up a letter. The thing that looks like a C might be that or an L. The letters are written in script, IIRC, different than the numbers.
The date was probably ground off the chamber with typical German pride in workmanship. I believe the DWMs were all WWI vintage or earlier and the equipment was transferred to another mfr (Simson) when DWM was parted out following the Great War per the treaty of Versailles. (IIRC)
A luger scholar will probably be here soon to give you the chapter and verse.
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o "The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching." Assyrian tablet, c. 2800 BC
o "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
o "They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?" Paul Harvey
o TODAY WE CARVE OUT OUR OWN OMENS! Leonidas, Thermopylae, 480 BC
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