Did you know what the first German Army uniform looked like? People in uniform exude a unique air of authority. Stay tuned and keep watching to see how the German army uniforms evolved through the years.

1933
In early 1933 the armed forces of the Weimar Republic were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field blouse).

That year, the new tunic was issued to the Reichsheer and then the rapidly growing Wehrmacht Heer, although minor design changes continued to be made after that.

1934
The original soft cover for the Heer, introduced in 1934, was a folding garrison or envelope cap in feldgrau wool, similar to that worn by American, Soviet, and RAF personnel but with a "scoop" in the front. The Panzer and tropical uniforms issued variants in black wool and olive cotton.

At the same time, the M34 side-cap was introduced for enlisted wear, and a foldable field cap for officers was authorized. This cap had a crown of a significantly smaller diameter without the wire stiffener, a soft band, and a visor of flexible leather or feldgrau wool. Insignia were jacquard-woven.

The dress, service, and walking-out cap for all ranks was the peaked cap as finalized in 1934. The semi-rigid band was covered in bottle-green fabric, and the stiff visor came in a variety of materials and was made of either black vulcanized rubber, fiber, plastic, or patent leather. The oval wool crown was stiffened with wire into a curved "saddleback" shape with a high front. Insignia consisted of the national cockade surrounded by an oak leaf wreath on the front of the band, with the Wehrmachtsadler above; these were stamped aluminum or sometimes embroidered in bullion for officers.

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