Finding where the Edelweiss grows...

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Finding where the Edelweiss grows...

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Servus Gebirglers,

Just returned from a small local militaria show and luckily found a few Edelweiss and a Finnish Puukko knife:

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Es war ein Edelweiss....

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Grüß Di' Kameraden,

Got a message that my Pic link was broken....so I fixed it.

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VEEERRY nice Patrick- GREAT pick up!
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Servus Bergkamerad Hansch,

Vielen Dank! It's hard to tell from the scan, but the unfolded, Feldgrau BeVo sleeve Edelweiss is a NCO/Officer version with the silver bullion thread carabiner & piton at the top.

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Getting the colection bigger!!!
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That's one nice puukko - perhaps traded from a Finnish soldier with a bottle of alcohol? :D
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