Original Austrian WWI Mountain Infantry Officer M1915 Field Cap with Edelweiss Patch - Landesschützen Martini-Henry Parts "Swede" Swenson was wounded the

"Swede" Swenson was wounded the 2nd day of the attack

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Original Austrian WWI Mountain Infantry Officer M1915 Field Cap with Edelweiss Patch - Landesschützen Martini-Henry Parts "Swede" Swenson was wounded theOriginal 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