Company askaris wore a white, short sleeved jacket (1) with black buttons. It had a black-white-red braid running across the front, over the top button and stopping at the seam near the armpits, up over the shoulders, down and across the back in mirror fashion to the front. The jacket was worn inside white knee-length trousers. Headwear consisted of a red fez with black tassel. They did not wear shoes. Equipment consisted of a waistbelt with belly box. It is interesting to note that their white officers didn't have a uniform, merely wearing tropical dress typical of the day.

In 1889, what was left of the Company askaris transferred as a body over to the Wissmann Unit.

Uniforms of Native Troops in German East Africa

Introduction
German East Africa Company
The Wissmann Unit
Native Sailors
Village Police
Imperial Protective Force
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