Eigentumsstück Waffenrock
Sachsen (Saxon) Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 63
 
Eigentumsstück (private purchase) Model 1895 NCO's Waffenrock from Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade Nr. 63 (Dresden) XII Armee Korps.

The Waffenrock is made from a high quality dunkelblau (dark blue) doeskin wool with Ponceaurot (poppy red) piping on the front opening, bottom, and rear skirt. The top of the collar and Sachsen pattern cuffs are piped in blue.

Unlike the other contingents of the German empire who wore Dunkelblau Waffenrock with no bottom piping Sachsen (Saxony) in typical fashion) did not conform, and wore Waffenrocks with red piping on the bottom hem. Another unique characteristic of Sachsen Infantry Waffenrock are the Sachsen cuffs with two vertical buttons.
A view of the collar and shoulder straps. NCOs with the rank of Unteroffizier and above wore gilt NCO lace around the collar and cuffs of the Waffenrock.
The back of the Waffenrock showing the piping arrangement on the rear skirt.

Sachsen (Saxon) Waffenrock had a unique pattern of rear skirt with only four buttons and straight piping.

A view of one of the Tombak Sachsen 30mm rank buttons with the royal cypher of the Kingdom of Sachsen (Saxony).
A view of one of the squared Sachsen-pattern shoulder straps with a blank private purchase button.

As is typical for Sachsen shoulder straps the strap is piped in red with press-cut numbers that have been hand sewn to the strap.
A view of one of the cuffs with the red horizontal panel around the circumference of the cuff piped in blue with two vertical buttons unique to Sachsen hence: "Saxon cuffs". NCOs with the rank of Unteroffizier and above wore gilt NCO lace around the collar and cuffs of the Waffenrock.
A matching Sachsen (Saxon) Bezirks-Kommando Nr. 69 Waffenrock and Pickelhaube. In this configuration the man would have been a Sachsen Reserve Infantry Fähnrich (Officer-Candidate) with the rank of Sergeant. To see the Pickelhaube click Here.