On The March is now offering a stock version of our high end, German-wool trousers. These are made with:
imported plain weave wool in charcoal (good match for stonegrey)
American-made twill weave wool in fieldgrey
American-made twill weave wool in Luftwaffebluegrey
The pockets and waistband facings are 100% cotton.
The thread is modern grey cotton or polyester thread. The buttons have a reasonably authentic appearance. There are no hand-finish details with the exceptions of hand-sewn buttons and one hand-sewn tack at the center of the fly.
As with our stock feldblusen, the fabrics are not quite as accurate as the high end trousers, but these trousers do offer an alternative at a mild cost-savings.
Due to the amount of labor in making the Keilhosen, we are not currently planning to offer a low-cost version.
Construction Details Our stock trousers are made using the same patterns as our high-end line, but with less expensive materials. In order to reduce costs, we have eliminated a lot of the labor-intensive hand-finishing:
Reduced or no crotch lining
Machine finishing on waistband facing
Unhemmed—you will need to hem them yourself, or we can machine-hem them for $10 extra
Please note that we do NOT use any fusible interfacing on our trousers. And the waistbands and pockets on these trousers are still 100% cotton.
Hardware At the waistband are nine 17mm 4-hole punched tin buttons, which have the rims rolled under; however, they look correct from front. For the fly and pockets, we use a 15mm 4-hole black or grey plastic button, the same as the buttons on the stock tunic cuffs.
The backstrap buckle is a 2-tine grey utility buckle or a 2-tine antique brass vest buckle. Either style is correct for these early trousers.
Sizing and Pricing Low-cost trousers are available in the following sizes. No other sizes or substitution of fabrics is allowed.
PRE/EARLY WAR TROUSERS
waist
inseam, max
price
30"
33"
$125
32"
33"
$125
34"
33"
$125
36"
33"
$125
38"
33"
$125
40"
33"
$130
42"
33"
$130
The maximum inseam after hemming, and allowing for a 4 cm hem, is about 33".
Shipping and handling to the lower 48 states is $12.20 via USPS Priority Mail. Please contact us for estimates to other locations.
Availability Only the following sizes are in stock.
Trousers in Stock
metric size
US size
stonegrey
fieldgrey
LW bluegrey
76
30
0
0
0
82
32
1
0
0
86
34
0
0
0
92
36
0
1
0
96
38
0
0
0
100
40
1
0
0
106
42
0
0
0
Pre-War Stonegrey Trousers
Our pre-war stonegrey trousers are made using charcoal-colored wool that is a very close match for the original stonegrey color. It is a thicker, heavier wool that will allow you to forgo the longjohns at your early spring and late fall events.
Pre/early war trousers in charcoal (stonegrey) wool
back view--remember, they are not hemmed, so trousers appear long.
Early War Fieldgrey Trousers These are made using the same American twill weave wool as our stock Heer tunics.
Photos coming soon!
Luftwaffe Trousers Our low-cost Luftwaffe trousers are made with the same pattern as our other Langehosen but with American-made twill weave wool in Luftwaffe bluegrey.
