GJ cap Edelweiss question

[NickG]

I know that modern BW edelweiss cap badges have a curved stem and 4 mounting holes and a wartime edelweiss a straight stem with 5 mounting holes,
but what about 3 mounting holes?
This is offered to me as a war time piece... Any opinions?
Thanks Nick

[NickG]

reverse

the back... 1 piece stamped and only 3 HOLES.....Period piece? makers variation?
Thanks Nick

[floriskok]

I know that modern BW edelweiss cap badges have a curved stem and 4 mounting holes and a wartime edelweiss a straight stem with 5 mounting holes,
but what about 3 mounting holes?
This is offered to me as a war time piece... Any opinions?
Thanks Nick

Looks bad to me. They forgot to make the other holes i supose
Greets

[sander vw]

I agree, looks fake to me also.

[MauserKar98k]

This is a bad one. Not only are the holes wrong, but the petals of the edelweiss flower are too pointy. The authentic ones have a more rounded shape. Run from this one.

[billbert]

Although its probably not ww2.. I dont think its a fake..Maybe postwar austrian???Billbert

[Peppe864]

IMHO a post war one, but not a fake

[MauserKar98k]

Although its probably not ww2.. I dont think its a fake..Maybe postwar austrian???Billbert

All the postwar Austrian ones that I have seen are copperish-brown colored. Did they make ones postwar that look like this?

BTW, I consider this a fake because it is being offered as a wartime piece when it isn't, but that's just me.

[Edelweiss]

I'd be very pleased to get an update on this very subject. I've always considered these as late-war one-piece stamped edelweisses ; but of course I can be wrong on that.

These cap badges are made of thin metal (compared to the classic ones), thus are easilly bendable ; they are also quite different in their design, have their center guilt painted, and show only 3 sewing holes. But would this be in contradiction with an economy issue of the nice-looking, vaulted, 2 pieces edelweisses we all know (below) ?