Odd Tang stamp on an old soldier

jaydar · **on:** January 11, 2012, 12:58:32 AM

Got a 1908 soldier today with an odd stamp

VICTORIA

SWITZERLAND

~~STAINLESS~~

with the stainless stuck out it could be that it was re bladed as it has a few army acceptance stamps on it , maybe they had to use a blade intended for private use and the swiss army was not keen on the use of the word stainless

Any Ideas ?

victor7000 · **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2012, 08:21:30 PM

I've also a knife with the same stamp ...
It's a Monteur no. 202 model. This one was not issued to the Swiss army. I suppose the steel isn't stainless and they stuck it out as they noticed the mistake

fenofedd · **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2012, 11:21:15 AM

I have a quiestion about a tang stamp my Victorinox has. One side has the expected:

VICTOINOX
SWISS MADE
STAINLESS

On the opposite side is says:

DE - GM 9305297

Does anyone know what that means???

jazzbass · **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2012, 12:49:46 PM

Quote from: fenofedd on July 29, 2012, 11:21:15 AM

I have a quiestion about a tang stamp my Victorinox has. One side has the expected:

VICTOINOX
SWISS MADE
STAINLESS

On the opposite side is says:

DE - GM 9305297

Does anyone know what that means???

German patent number, apparently: http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=5616.0