11-26-06, 01:54 PM
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OP, nice find.
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Originally Posted by Jmack
daisy and edelweis are the same thing right ?
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No, not even close.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss
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- The Edelweiss is the sign of German and Austrian alpine troops, granted to them in World War I for their bravery.
- During the Second World War, German soldiers occasionally pinned edelweiss flowers to their uniforms. The flower was supposed to be the sign of a "true soldier" in the Wehrmacht as it grows only in rugged terrain, generally above the tree line.
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http://uboat.net/boats/u124.htm
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The emblem of U-124, the Edelweiss, was inspired by the loss of U-64 in April, 1940 as the boats were largely manned by the same crew, including the commander and saved from the Norwegian waters by members of the German mountain troops using that same emblem.
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