edelweiss autentification needed

**tudorjuc** · 03-05-2012, 05:44 PM

hello hello , a new day a new question for you guys , i just bought this edelweiss for the absurd price of 1 $ and i just need to know if its the real deal , it has 2,7 cm and a atypical catching system . ( sorry about the photos , my cameras are all broken , i just have this old scanner ). can it be bundeswheer ( modern army ). tanks

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-05-2012 05:44 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**Woolgar** · 03-05-2012, 10:16 PM

Its a fine Hochland cap badge from the 1930's

Nick

**tudorjuc** · 03-06-2012, 07:07 AM

well that's good news , will post better pictures soon.

**tudorjuc** · 03-06-2012, 04:57 PM

As i promised here are as i hope some better pictures of the item in question .so what i want to ask is : is this a military item and what does the hochland term stand for ( if any of you guys have a link on this site that explains this term i would much appreciate it) .

**Adrian Stevenson** · 03-06-2012, 05:24 PM

Hi, Hochland = Highland in German.

Cheers, Ade.

**tudorjuc** · 03-06-2012, 05:36 PM

OK so i got that from the old faithful Google translate at first i scared my self when i searched with Google images and a abundance of commercials for the hochland cheese brand surfaced . so the translation was clear to me what isn't so Cristal is why is this item called that for what reason , it's origins , usage in some civilian , political or military groups ? sorry if it's so annoying with all these questions but i really want to know .