Uniforms and Equipment of the Old Army - Artillery - Field Artillery - Bavaria

Bavaria provided 12 field artillery regiments.

The composition of units in 1914 is given by the following table:

The Bavarian field artillery wore the dark-blue tunic with a rounded collar and plain sleeve cuffs of black cloth. The swallow's nests also had a black base color.

The tunic had red piping around the collar and the sleeve cuffs, as well as down the front and along the pocket flaps.

The buttons were made of tombak and the braids were plain and gold.

The riding and cloth trousers were also dark blue. The former had a black leather trim. The latter had bright-red piping.

The helmet was the helmet of the heavy cavalry with a tombak mounting and, for parade, a black plume or, for trumpeters, a red plume.

The helmet cover displayed the respective regimental number in red.

The cap was made of dark-blue cloth and had a black trim band and a bright-red piping around the top edge and around the edges of the aforementioned trim band.

The leather equipment was white. The cartridge box was decorated with two crossed cannon barrels.

The footwear was blackened. Mounted troops wore cavalry boots with strap-on spurs and spur leathers. Foot troops wore infantry boots.

The coat was made of grey cloth and had shoulder boards like those on the tunic and black collar patches.