Edelweiss Patch Gebirsjäger Edelweiss Velcro Patch

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High-quality mountain hunter patch with Velcro area on the back, ideal for attaching to dog harnesses, protective vests, backpacks or pouches.

Material fabric
size 7.5 x 9.5 cm

The edelweiss also has its origins in Austrian military history. In 1907, Franz Joseph I assigned the edelweiss as a badge to some regiments of the Austro-Hungarian Army stationed in the Alps. In 1915, Archduke Eugene "awarded" the German Alpine Corps the edelweiss of the Imperial and Royal Mountain Troops in recognition of its performance in the mountain war against Italy in the Austro-Hungarian Alps. After the First World War, the edelweiss initially disappeared from the German armed forces, but was reintroduced in 1939 for the Wehrmacht's mountain troops as a badge for the mountain and peaked caps and as a sleeve badge. The mountain units of the Waffen-SS also received an edelweiss as a badge for their mountain caps in 1943, but this design differed significantly from the Wehrmacht version.