Picked up a nice edelweiss pin back cap badge recently .......
Picked up a nice edelweiss pin back cap badge recently .......
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
Now, before you say "that's not a gebirgs edelweiss badge - they never wore those on the cap nor visor - have a closer look at this famous image that appeared in SIGNAL and on postcards ( one of which I have )
....... stranger things have happened friends!!!
Cheers, Dan
" I'm putting off procrastination until next week "
It looks like its from the SS Gruppe Hochland
Very nice !
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
It may be period, but I would say its a civilian or souvenir pin.
Pete
I used to have one in my collection that looks similar to yours Dan
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Same design badge also used by the Imperial German Alpenkorps.
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