Original Imperial German WWI Jäger Light Infantry Officer Waffenrock
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Original Item: Only One Available. Exceptional Eigentumsstück (private purchase) Waffenrock. The Waffenrock is a dark-green doe-skin wool with collar and cuffs in light blue wool with gilt litzen (now faded to silver). All original buttons, insignia and stitching. The shoulder boards with single pip indicate the rank of Lieutenant. Bears original tailor label which reads Waarenhaus für Armee und Marine which was a uniform maker based in Berlin. We believe this is from a type of Jäger regiment but have not identified it for certain.
Approximate Measurements
Collar to shoulder: 10”
Shoulder to sleeve: 25”
Shoulder to shoulder: 17”
Chest width: 20”
Waist width: 17”
Hip width: 20”
Front length: 34"
Jäger is a German military term that originally referred to light infantry, but has come to have wider usage.
While it may be literally translated as "hunter", in German-speaking states during the early modern era, the term Jäger was used to describe skirmishers, scouts, sharpshooters and runners. Jäger came to denote light infantrymen whose civilian occupations made them well-suited to patrolling and skirmishing, on an individual and independent basis, rather than as part of military unit.
While Jäger often continued to carry its original connotations, the word's usage and derivatives broadened over time. For instance, Feldjäger was the name given by the Prussian Army to scouts and runners. During the 20th century, Jäger became the German word for fighter aircraft, while Panzerjäger was the name adopted for tank destroyers. Conversely, in the modern German army (Bundeswehr), Feldjäger is the name given to military police.
Jäger, in its original sense of light infantry, is usually translated into English as:
"rifleman" (in an infantry role) or "Rifles" (in regimental names) and; "ranger"
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