Thats an interesting looking 1917.
I can only address the grips. Bailey Brower shows a couple of examples in his book Savage Pistols, although I couldn't find any information as to why the differences of the left side grip logo. If you check the current listings on Gunbroker there are 2 examples shown (1-.32 1-.380) with your style of grip logo and a pair of grips with your style of logo. So maybe not as odd or rare as one may think. I'm interested to hear some comments about the serial#.
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