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Edelweiss

Symbolic uses

• On the Austrian euro coins
  Austrian euro coins
  
  Austrian euro coins have a unique design for each denomination, with a common theme for each of the three series of coins. The minor coins feature Austrian flowers, the middle coins examples of architecture from Austria's capital, Vienna, and the two major coins famous Austrians....
  , a picture of Edelweiss is used on the two-euro-cent coins.
• It is the symbol of the ["Bulgarian Tourist Union"](Balgarski Turisticheski Saiuz,????????? ???????????? ????(???))
• On the Romania
  Romania
  
  Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
  n 50 Lei
  Romanian leu
  
  The leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani . On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu to a new leu ....
   banknote
  Banknotes of the Romanian leu
  
  Banknotes of the first leu...
  .
• Edelweiss Society
• In Austria, Edelweiß is also a brand of beer
  Beer
  
  Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and Fermentation of starches, mainly derived from cereal?the most common of which is malted barley, although wheat, maize , and rice are widely used....
   named after the flower.
• Edelweiss is the unofficial national flower of Switzerland
  Switzerland
  
  Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  .
• It appears in the logos of both the German and Austrian alpine societies
  Österreichischer Alpenverein
  
  ?sterreichischer Alpenverein is the Austrian Alpine Club and, with 308,000 members in 197 sections, the largest mountaineering club in Austria....
  .
• In its bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics
  2014 Winter Olympics
  
  The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, is an international winter sport event that will be celebrated from February 7 to February 23 2014....
   the city of Salzburg
  Salzburg
  
  is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria and the capital city of the states of Austria of Salzburg ....
   uses an Edelweiss flower as the emblem.
• Edelweiss Air
  Edelweiss Air
  
  Edelweiss Air AG is a charter airline based in Z?rich, Switzerland. It operates passenger services to the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Maldives, Kenya, Caribbean, South Asia and Canary Islands....
  , an international airline based in Switzerland, is named after the flower, which also appears in its logo.
• The song "Edelweiss
  Edelweiss (song)
  
  "Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 in music Rodgers and Hammerstein musical theatre The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alpine hills....
  ", which is about the flower, is from the 1959 musical The Sound of Music
  The Sound of Music
  
  The Sound of Music is a musical theater with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse....
  , which takes place in Austria.
• "Bring me Edelweiss" is the best-known song of the music group Edelweiss
  Edelweiss (band)
  
  Edelweiss was an Austrian Electronica/Dance music band. The act consisted of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Walter Werzowa and Matthias Schweger....
  .
• The Edelweiss was established 1907 as the sign of the Austrian-Hungarian alpine troops by Emperor Franz Joseph I. These original 3 Regiments wore their edelweiss on the collar of their uniform. During World War I
  World War I
  
  World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
   (1915) the Edelweiss was granted to the German alpine troops, for their bravery. Today it is still the insignia of the Austria
  Austria
  
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  n, Polish
  Podhale rifles
  
  Podhale Rifles is the traditional name of the mountain infantry units of the Polish Army. Formed in 1918 out of volunteers of the region of Podhale, in 1919 the smaller detachments of Podhale Rifles were pressed into two mountain infantry divisions, the Polish 21st Infantry Division and Polish 22nd Infantry Divisions, as well as into...
  , and German
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   alpine troops.
• Edelweiss was a badge
  Badge
  
  A badge is a personal device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath , a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification....
   of Edelweiss Pirates
  Edelweiss Pirates
  
  The Edelweiss Pirates were a loose group of youth culture in Nazi Germany. They emerged in western Germany out of the German Youth Movement of the late 1930s in response to the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth....
   (Edelweisspiraten)—the anti-Nazi youth groups in Third Reich. It was worn on the clothes (e.g. a blouse or a suit).
• The Edelweiss flower was the symbol of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS Gebirgsjäger
  Gebirgsjäger
  
  Gebirgsj?ger, in English Mountain Huntsmen , is the German designation for Mountain warfare. The word Huntsman is the traditional German term for light infantry....
  , or mountain infantry, worn as a metal pin on the left side of the mountain cap, on the band of the service dress cap, and as a patch on the right sleeve. It is still the symbol of the Mountain division in the German army today.
• The rank insignia of Swiss generals
  General (Switzerland)
  
  General is a Swiss army ranks that is held in Switzerland by the chief of the Swiss Army in time of war only.Generals were appointed during the Franco-Prussian War, World War I and Second World War, although Switzerland did not take part in any of these conflicts....
   has Edelweiss signs instead of stars. A Korpskommandant for example (equivalent to a Lieutenant General
  Lieutenant General
  
  Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
   in other countries) wears three Edelweiss signs on his collar instead of three stars.
• This flower appears prominently in the comic book adventure Asterix in Switzerland
  Asterix in Switzerland
  
  Asterix in Switzerland is the sixteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 557?578 in 1970 and translated into English language in 1973....
   where the protagonists attempt to procure an Edelweiss for its use in an antidote.
• Edelweiss (or simply Edel) is an increasingly popular female name in the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  .
• In the 2008 Playstation 3
  PlayStation 3
  
  The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation ....
   game, Valkyria Chronicles
  Valkyria Chronicles
  
  Valkyria Chronicles, known in Japan as , is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed by Sega exclusively for the PlayStation 3 and was developed by Sega WOW's Sega WOW#Overworks division....
  , Welkin Gunther's tank is named the Edelweiss. The game also makes frequent references to the flower, referring to it as the lion's paw.
• An episode of the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman
  Adventures of Superman (TV series)
  
  Adventures of Superman is an United States of America television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster....
   titled "The Wedding of Superman
  List of Adventures of Superman episodes
  
  This is a List of Adventures of Superman episodes. Much of the Superman "formula", in all forms of its media presentations, involves Superman rescuing someone, either one of his colleagues or another person or persons....
  " includes a segment in which Superman flies to Switzerland to bring a small bouquet of edelweiss to Lois Lane (see screenshot).