Native Soldiers

Red fez (3) with black tassle and silver Imperial eagle badge; yellowish khaki jacket (6) with white metal buttons and red braid trimming on the collar and cuffs; yellowish khaki breeches, gray puttees, and natural leather lace-up shoes; although they often marched barefoot as well.

NCOs wore red grade chevrons. These had a white base and were worn on the upper left sleeve. One chevron denoted the rank of Gefreite, or Lance Corporal; two denoted the rank of Unteroffizier, or Corporal; and three the rank of Sergeant. Musisians wore a swallows nest (2), of red braid (wide parts) on a white base, on each shoulder. Equipment included a natural leather belt with plain, rectangular, yellow metal buckle, two natural leather cartridge pouches (one on each side of the buckle), and a natural leather bayonet frog. The bayonet had a steel hilt with brown wood grip and a black leather scabbard with white metal tip.

Native Feldwebel, or Sergeant-Major

Gray broad-brimmed hat (1) as worn by white NCOs with poppy red band and piping on the brim and a black-white-red cockade on the side. Yellowish khaki jacket (5) and trousers of the pattern worn by white NCOs, with cornflower blue piping on the collar, cuffs leading edge; and no red braid. The shoulder straps were of the same cloth as the jacket, and there were four red chevrons on a white base on the upper left sleeve. Buttons were white metal. The trousers had cornflower blue piping down the outer seam of each leg and were worn with gray puttee and natural leather shoes. Equipment was as above.

Mounted Unit

The native troopers of the mounted unit wore the same uniform as the native soldiers given above. However in place of the belt and two cartridge pouches above they wore the same natural leather cartridge belt and multi pouch affair that the troopers in German South West Africa used, with the exception that the shoulder straps were worn crossed over the chest. They also carried a lance with a black over white over red pennon (4). The harness was natural leather with gray blanket.

Police

Native members of the police force wore the same uniform as the native soldiers above, but the jacket buttons and eagle badge on the fez were brass. The feldwebel wore the khaki jacket above, but without the cornflower blue piping.

Source

Collas, D. Das Deutsche Heer. Hamburg, 1937-1938.