Antique Military Uniform

[Civil War Geek]

I was wondering if anyone might know the history of this coat. It measures 31 inches in length and the sleeve measures 24 inches. The buttons on the coat are marked extra fine. The coat appears to be some type of militia coat or possibly a coat from the War of 1812, but I could not find any comparable examples. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[AU Seeker]

I searched and searched and the closest uniform I could find that even looks like the one posted is a German (Prussian) uniform/s from the mid and last half of the 19th century.

The uniform called the Waffenrock varies slightly in details from different units, and they all had shoulder straps which your's lacks, but they could be missing, almost all Waffenrocks were blue, issued Waffenrocks were mainly dark blue but privately purchased Waffenrocks were almost always a much lighter blue, with the exception of those worn by the Jager (Light Infantry) which were dark green.

The Waffenrock

1867

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I searched and searched and the closest uniform I could find that even looks like the one posted is a German (Prussian) uniform/s from the mid and last half of the 19th century.

The uniform called the Waffenrock varies slightly in details from different units, and they all had shoulder straps which your's lacks, but they could be missing, almost all Waffenrocks were blue, issued Waffenrocks were mainly dark blue but privately purchased Waffenrocks were almost always a much lighter blue, with the exception of those worn by the Jager (Light Infantry) which were dark green.

The Waffenrock

1867

Nice one! Those don't turn up often so you got a very good score there. If you want to know a value on it I'd suggest posting it in the "Imperial Militaria" section on the Wehrmacht Awards Forum.

 

[Civil War Geek]

Thanks so much for the info! Would have never guessed.

 

[AU Seeker]

With a little more research on the website I linked you can narrow down which unit the uniform belong too, the cuffs, collar, shoulder straps (if they weren't missing), buttons, piping, etc. details have bearing on the unit the uniform belonged too, they have a wealth of info on that site.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

About the best I can do is tell you that the red piping is for an infantry or Jager unit, with no other insignia there's no way to know which one....

Waffenrock (Prussian) piping colors : Red for Infantry and Jäger, light blue for Train and black for Artillery, Pioneer and Verkehrstruppen (Transportation Troops)