White skirt
Otto Carius in a white skirt
Illustration from the catalog of the Heeres-Kleiderkasse October 1935
In the Wehrmacht , the white skirt was a uniform jacket that officers and Wehrmacht officials were allowed to wear with officer rank. It was only allowed to be worn
- in the closed barracks area ,
- outside of single riding,
- on military training areas ,
- for service with the troops if they were wearing drill or sports suit.
It could be worn (only in the summer months)
- to the dress uniform ,
- at tournaments, races and sporting events,
- for a small company suit the officer home or in smaller enterprises of the family or acquaintance, and at garden parties.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oertzenscher pocket calendar for the officers of the army (formerly FRICKS), 63rd edition 1943, p. 396; according to "OKH vom 9.7.37 V (IIIa) * 318".