edelweiss

[Alan M]

hi guy`s , can i have some opinions please ,
cheers al

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Al, looks fine. Worn by Heer Gebirgsjäger on the Mountain cap.

The post war Bundesheer ones are slightly different in design: the end of the stem ends in a bend. (While the stem on the wartime ones are straight.) I have illustrated this with a pic found online. Different number of sewing holes too. Wartime ones have 5 holes.

Cheers, Ade.

[Stewy S]

Looks ok Al,a different type to mine. Stewy S

[Alan M]

lovely ade , that`s really helpful , thanks ,
al

[Alan M]

thank`s for showing your`s stewy , it `s good to be able to compare do you have any idea how many makers of these badges there were ? i imagine these were Austrian makers ?
cheers al

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Al, there are certainly makers variations on these, as we can seen here already. I have seen some maker marked "GB" before.

Cheers, Ade.

[Stewy S]

Hi Al,i've seen at least four variants. But how many makers,i've no idea. I'll see if i can find any info. Stewy S

[carlsson1982]

I saw some BW edelweissen sold as WW2 period, what is absolutely wrong of course. But the collector should know things like that.
Here's mine two original, marked: G.B 40 and G.B 41

[Alan M]

I saw some BW edelweissen sold as WW2 period, what is absolutely wrong of course. But the collector should know things like that.
Here's mine two original, marked: G.B 40 and G.B 41

hi carlsson, thanks for showing your two very nice examples , what is your opinion of the one i show ?

cheers Al

[carlsson1982]

original.