Suggested Gear & Kit Guide

Musketier — Standard Recruit

Entry-level impression — every new member starts here.

• Tunic (choose per portrayed year): M1907/10 or M1907/14 Feldrock (early war), or M1915 Feldbluse (mid-war) — feldgrau wool. Members may also choose to wear an older pattern tunic than their portrayed year strictly requires, since older stock remained in use throughout the war
• Trousers (choose per portrayed year): Feldhose M1907, M1915, or M1917 pattern, feldgrau, red piping. As with tunics, wearing an older trouser pattern is always acceptable, since these remained in service alongside newer issue
• Marschstiefel or puttees + ankle boots
• M1916/M1918 Stahlhelm, correct liner
• Soldbuch reproduction + persona service history (mandatory, all ranks)
• Shoulder straps, regimental number "29" (mandatory, all ranks) Piping: red (1914–15) transitioning to white (1916–18)
• Shoulder strap retaining button, numbered for company (e.g., "7" for 7. Kompanie) — a separate small button from the regimental number shown on the strap itself. Optional: later in the war this feature was often omitted, with soldiers commonly using the standard crown button in its place
• Lederkoppel (belt)
• Brotbeutel-Trageriemen (bread bag strap)
• Patronentaschen (ammo pouches)
• Brotbeutel (bread bag)
• Feldflasche (canteen)
• Seitengewehr (bayonet)
• Spaten (entrenching tool)
• Gas mask canister (1916+)

Gefreiter

Promotion rank — awarded by the Gruppenleiter, not self-assigned.

• All Musketier items, plus:
• Buttons (Gefreitenknöpfe), both collar corners — rank mark

Unteroffizier — Founder / Leadership

• All Musketier items, plus:
• Tresse (silver/white NCO lace), collar & cuffs — replaces the Gefreiter's collar buttons, not worn alongside them
• Fernglas 08 (binoculars)
• Trench whistle (Trillerpfeife)