In 1891 there was a new pattern jacket with Brandenburg cuffs (2). In both white and khaki, it had yellow metal buttons, and a golden Imperial crown at the ends of the collar. The white version for garrison duty had dark blue piping on the collar, cuffs, leading edge, and rear pocket flaps; and was worn with white trousers that had dark blue piping down the outer seam of each leg. The khaki jacket and trousers had yellow piping. A white sun helmet with the national cockade on front (5) was worn. For garrison duty there was a white peacked cap that had a dark blue band and cockade on the front of the band. The officers wore shoulder straps, and these were similar to the ones worn by the Marines.

In 1896 there was another change in uniform which included a new jacket (3). Both the white and khaki version had cornflower blue piping and white metal buttons. The trousers for each had cornflower blue piping also. The sun helmet could either be the older white one with white chinstrap and national cockade on the front (5), or the new pattern helmet (7) which was khaki with a khaki chinstrap, and the black-white-red cockade on front. The underside of the brim was dark green. Around the base of the crown there was a silver cord for officers, a black-white-red twisted cord for NCOs. The new pattern helmet had a white cover for parade. The older model helmet had a silver cord for officers as well, around the base of the crown and behind the cockade. The peaked cap was light gray, with white band and piping around the top of the crown, black peak, and national cockade on the front of the band. It appears that early on it had a black chinstrap secured by white metal side buttons, but by the outbreak of the First World War this was no longer present. The light gray color, known as "sand gray", was changed to the darker "field gray" of the army 29 December 1915, however it appears that the light gray peaked cap continued to be worn well into 1914.

The grade chevrons worn by NCOs on the white or khaki uniform were now of silver braid on a cornflower blue base (8) and worn on the upper left sleeve. Additionally, three chevrons now denoted the rank of Vize Feldwbel, with the rank of Feldwebel being denoted by four. The practice of designating officer rank with sleeve stripes was discontinued. The NCOs now wore shoulder cords of black-white-red mix. Officers shoulder straps were like those of the Marines, and had white underlay.

The white and khaki uniform worn by medical NCOs was the same, but with the following exceptions - dark blue piping, brass buttons, lemon yellow Aesculapian staff on a base of jacket cloth worn on the upper right sleeve, grade chevrons of gold braid on a dark blue base.

Uniforms of European Troops in East Africa

Wissmann Unit 1890
Schutztruppe ca 1891-1915