Replica Army Mountain Guide Badge, awarded by the German armed forces 1936-45

Replica Army Mountain Guide Badge, awarded by the German armed forces 1936-45   DO NOT BUY as ORIGINAL Abzeichen für Heeresbergführe he Army Mountain Guide Badge was established in August 1936. It was worn by Gebirgsjäger troops in the German Wehrmacht who had trained as mountain guides and then acted as a guide for one year. The badge was not awarded after 1945.[1] It was an oval tombac-plated iron pin-back badge, measuring 51.8 mm by 42.9 mm. The centre has an edelweiss flower in silver with a gilt centre, on a green enamel background. A surrounding white enamel band bears, on its lower portion, the word 'Heeresbergführer' in gothic script. The reverse is plain except for the pin fastening and, in most cases, the name of the manufacturer. In uniform, it was worn on or below the left-hand breast pocket,[2] although it was sometimes seen worn on the right side of the jacke