Gebirgsjäger photo

[Jan]

Hi I´m wondering about the snowflake like rune on the breastpocket of some of these Gebirgsjäger soldiers. What does it symbolize?

Rgds Jan

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jan, they are real Edelweiss flowers.

It was fashionable to say you had climbed up and picked one yourself.

Cheers, Ade.

[johnhmcgary]

Ade, weren't these worn in the form of a patch by German Mountain Troops? John

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi John, that is right: worn as seen here as an arm insignia and also worn as a metal cap badge on the side of the Mountain cap and on the front of the schirmutze.

Cheers, Ade.

[Jan]

Hi Jan, they are real Edelweiss flowers.

It was fashionable to say you had climbed up and picked one yourself.

Cheers, Ade.

Wow always wanted to own a photo like that

Thanks alot once again!

Best rgds

Jan