Quote Originally Posted by Hoss View Post
Johnny, what makes you think that its post ww1 commercial? Serial number or the markings or what?
The serial number with letter suffix and better pictures would help determine exactly what it is.

In Jan Still's book "Weimar Lugers", he clears up some of the confusion on the "1920 Commercial" and "1923 Commercial". The 1923 Commercial was actually a continuation of the serial number range used prior to WWI, and continued with the resumption of production following WWI, and was produced from about 1919 to 1921. When the commercial serial numbers reached the 92000 range, the method of serial numbering the commercials changed to the military style with a letter suffix. In 1921 the serial numbers began in the 2000i serial number range, and was given the 1920 Commercial name by collectors. The i letter suffix was applied just as if the letter suffix had been used from the beginning of commercial production in 1900 (1 - 9999 no suffix, 1 - 9999a, 1 - 9999b and so on.