The overcoat for officers is a double-breasted ulster with gilt or silver buttons the same as worn on the service coat and collar patches and pipings of the distinctive corps or regimental color; or a long circular cape cloak with a turn-over collar upon which the color patches are worn.
The overcoat of the enlisted man is a double-breasted long ulster with standing-falling collar, buttons of silver or gilt to match those worn on the service coat and color patches on the collar.
Enlisted men wear the trousers tucked into the tops of the shoes or in the case of the Alpine troops into the tops of heavy woolen socks of khaki color.
A distinctive feature of the Alpine troops is a small plume of eagle’s feathers worn on the left side of the cap.
Various insignia to indicate special duties or assignments are worn by enlisted men upon the left sleeve, some of them being:—
| Telegraphist | A wreath surrounding a device representing three bolts of lightning crossed with a crown above them. |
| Medical Corps | A circle surrounding a Geneva cross in red. |
| Gun pointer | Two cannon crossed surmounted by a crown surrounded by a wreath. |
| Pioneer | A medallion bearing a pick and two spades crossed. |
| Wagon driver | A wreath surrounding two horses’ heads. |
In the trenches steel trench helmets of the German pattern are worn by both officers and enlisted men.
In very cold weather fur coats are worn and in the snows of the mountains white coats are worn to make the troops less conspicuous.
Enlisted men wear on the left sleeve a triangle of yellow braid to show long service, one stripe for four years, two stripes for seven years and three stripes for nine years.