Wiener Jäger

[Perry Floyd]

That is a nice looker Chris..

[Edelweiss]

Thanks for the kind replies . Now, let's hope that Brian will be kind enough to share his cap with us too : can't wait to see it...
Brian, if you don't have a camera, it's not a problem : just send me the cap, I'll take the pics for you...

[Jan B]

...and Chris, now that I'm still awake, I'm gonna take the opportunity to ask you to post some pictures of your EM M43 cap ( you've posted once only a glimp of it and I wanna see more! )

Cheers

Jan

[SgtB]

Sounds like a plan, Chris...

...NOT!!!

Be patient! I'll get pics posted...but don't hold your breath!

[Edelweiss]

Hmmmffff ! It was about time : I was turning dark purple...

So, while you're preparing this for us, let's have a little "interlude" : here's what you asked, Jan : an example of archi-classical M43.

[Edelweiss]

With, in this case, an hand stitched insigna :

[Edelweiss]

And here's the shield I would have put on the side at that time : the "Aigla rougia" (in "Niçois" language), the coat of arms of the city of Nice (Nissa).

[Jan B]

Another veteran , thanks for posting the pictures, Chris!

salutations

Jan

[Edelweiss]

Thanks, Jan !

(Hurry-up Brian, I'll have some difficulties to earn much more time in a second... )

And for those who are interested in heraldy, or who want to do researches about a particular coat of arms (like it was the case with my cap), concerning a country, a region or a town, etc... I'll give a piece of advice : visit this site, you won't be disappointed ; it's a gold mine, nothing less...
The "International civic arms" is in my "favorites", and I'm sure it'll be among yours :
http://www.ngw.nl/

Salutations aussi.

[william r match]

Chris,

That is a very sweet looking field cap.

Billy

[Craig W.C. Brown]

The Austrians have a history of affixing all sorts of badges to their caps; the tradition was much in evidence during World War I.

[Edelweiss]

That's right.
We can remark that the Pz. Regt. 3 - part of the 2. Pz. Div. - that had an austrian reruitment, also used this insigna on their tank's turrets :

[SgtB]

Here ya go, Chris!

Vienna Badge

[SgtB]

My favorite cap

Sorry it took so long, but it was stashed at my folks house (1000+ miles away)
since my D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

[Edelweiss]

Another Wiener !

Wow, it's not the half of a cap !!!
This time, it's my turn to use this :

Exactly the same badge ! Then, do you think it's very fair to keep such 2 Wieners separated from each other, Brian ??? And afterall, this one is already "1000 + miles" away from you, what a few more miles will change, mmm ?

More seriously, sorry to hear such bad news Brian...
I hope that cap is not in cause.