Latest Waffenrock - Wachbataillon Wien

[LDR]

Here is my latest waffenrock, again bought from a nice WAF member.

This is an officer waffenrock for the Vienna WachBataillon.

Its a very nicely tailored tunic. The shoulders are padded, and the inside has two panels of white felt making the front piping.

There is also a chest pocket with the opening forward facing rather than vertical.

I hope you all like it.

Lewis

[DonC]

Beautiful tunic, Lewis!

Don

[Chris D.]

Very nice! I like how the white from the piping continues to the inside.
-Chirs

[LDR]

Thanks guys!

[Von Kluck]

Hi everybody ,
Do you know if soldiers of Wachbataillon Wien wore other distinguishable insignias on their Waffenrock and Feldbluse than the W on Schulterklappen? Do you also know if they always wore this W? I've seen some fotos of men without this W and i'm wondering if they really belonged to Wch.-Btl. Wien.
Thanks.
Von Kluck

[DonC]

To my knowledge, there were no other distinctive insignia for WBW.

Don

[vizenz]

Hello Lewis,

it is a nice Infantry Waffenrock. But the "W" is a WW1 pattern, and not the type the WBW had to wear. An arbitrary act of the former wearer? Or a trick to make a Standard pattern tunic "very scarce"?

Best regards,
Andreas

[Von Kluck]

Hi Vizenz ,
Interesting remark. How do you recognise it's a WW1 pattern?
Von Kluck

[vizenz]

Hi Vizenz ,
Interesting remark. How do you recognise it's a WW1 pattern?
Von Kluck

Hello,

I'm sorry, but I don't understand this question. It is a WW1 pattern. There were a few different Patterns of capital letters used in WW1, and this is a very common one. it is originally a "W", but was most often used as a "M".

Attached are a few examples and an originale WBW pattern from my collection for comparison.

Best regards,
Andreas

[galizien41]

is it marked inside or have a Wein tailor label? I guess anything is possible, but most likely someone just added the upside down cypher to increase value imo.