Original Austrian WWI Mountain Infantry Officer M1915 Field Cap with Edelweiss Patch - Landesschützen Martini-Henry Parts • Anthony F

• Anthony F

indicating that this is an original matched set made for this specific blade

and the aircraft has had several owners since then

The cork body of this helmet is covered by blue cloth and all the mounts are gilded brass

there also is a small image of a volcanic island engraved

Original Austrian WWI Mountain Infantry Officer M1915 Field Cap with Edelweiss Patch - Landesschützen Martini-Henry Parts • Anthony FOriginal Item: Only One Available. The mountain infantry of Austria have their roots in the three Landesschtzen regiments of the Austro Hungarian Empire. The mountain infantry of modern Germany carry on certain traditions of the German Alpenkorps (Alpine corps) of World War I. Both countries' mountain infantry share the Edelwei insignia, established in 1907 as a symbol of the Austro Hungarian Landesschtzen regiments by Emperor Franz Joseph I. These