History

Initially trousers were grey with no greenish component to them. Officially the colour was known as steingrau (stone-grey). Starting in 1940 trousers were made of the same field-grey material as most garments.

Riding Breeches were used by all mounted personnel.

The upper part is cut wide, while the part below the knee is close-fitted. They have a slash at the bottom that can be closed by three buttons.
The trousers are reinforced with leather trimming for the lower part of the seat and the insides of the legs. During wartime the reinforcement would be made of cloth due to a shortage in leather.

With the introduction of the Belted Trousers (“Rundbundhosen”) in 1943 the Riding Breeches were made in the same style and from the same materials, but with the regular Riding Breeches’ wide cut upper parts and close-fitted lower parts.

There was also a fatigue version made of reed-green drill cloth for the summer months in warm climate.