Weird Trekker

[JNieporte]

I just found a Victorinox Trekker (not one-handed) that I was gifted from a buddy of mine in the Dutch military. It's been in a sheath for a few years, but I found it

I think this is either rare or a military-issue tool, not something available to civilians. The handles are standard Trekker black, but the texture is off; it's not as smooth as a normal cellidor SAK handle (even on the other Trekker that I have), but it's not as rough as the nylon SAK handles either.

Neither handle slab has the Victorinox shield, and neither shows signs of buffing it off or anything of the sort...

The toolset is the same as the normal Trekker, and it's still a left-handed linerlock...

The left side of the blade tang has the normal stampings...

However, the right side has this...

Any thoughts on this knife? What does the stamp mean?

 

[ufox9al]

The stamp is the German patent number for the liner-lock mechanism.

 

[richdkao]

I don't it's either rare or a military-issue tool, cause my daughter
gave me exact one about 10 years ago for birthday.

 

[JNieporte]

After researching it, it seems that the seven-digit number is the trademark number for this knife. It's military issue for both German and Dutch soldiers; most have the green handles with lion inlay, and some just had black (like this one). The green ones are common; less than 800 of the black-handled ones were made.
DE= Deutsch (German)
GM= Gebrauchsmuster (registered design)
9305297= The registered design number itself

Value for the model I have, in its current condition, would be about $90 to a collector. I'm satisfied with my Trekker :thumbup:

 

[dullblades]

for those who may be looking, i just picked up the one handed trekker at Academy Sports and Outdoors. it was only 14.99 . man i really like it, love the locking blade. its a little bit big for my pocket carry likes as ive carried only cold steel tanto's and other folders with pocket clips since about '91. but i may hook it to a fob and hang it from my beltloop.