Original Item: Only One Available. The mountain infantry of Austria have their roots in the three Landesschützen 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 Edelweiß insignia, established in 1907 as a symbol of the Austro-Hungarian Landesschützen regiments by Emperor Franz Joseph I. These troops wore the edelweiss on the uniform collar. When the Alpenkorps served alongside the Landesschützen on Austria's southern frontier against Italian forces from May 1915, the Landesschützen honored the men of the Alpenkorps by awarding them their own insignia: the edelweiss.

This is a fantastic and rare Word War One Austrian Landesschützen Officer's Model 1915 field cap. Constructed of wool feldgrau cloth with large high relief gold bullion cockade. Two painted front buttons hold the pull-down side ear/neck cover. Interior has a Brown leather sweatband and a gold/tan cotton lining. Fantastic maker label that reads:

LITTO-KAPPE
KAPPEN-FABRIK
LITTOMERICZKY & CO.
WIEN, VIII.
Trautsohngasse 10

Exceptionally rare Austro-Hungarian Mountain troops officer field cap offered in very good condition. Size is approximately US 7 1/2 (60cm).