In practice, shortage of equipment resulted in wide variations. Though officers and NCOs usually wore regulation dress, other ranks were permitted different uniform providing all members of a company were dressed alike. In 1808 civilian dress was adapted (sometimes simply by adding a cockade to the hat!), the only issue items being the coat and leather equipment. In Styria the rank and file had long grey or steel green single breasted coats, and quantities of grass green clothwere purchased as an alternative facing colour. In March 1809 the Landwehr in general was provided with shoes, mess tins and canteens, and permission was given for the use of overalls and grey or white greatcoats, so long as they were all alike in any battalion. The actual uniform worn by the Styrians in 1809 was a soft hat with turned-up brim, grey Oberrock with white collar and grass green cuff edge, civilian clothes underneath, with grey stockings (green for Jagers), lace up shoes, black belts, and knapsack and haversack provided by the individual.
Musicians had 'swallows' nest' wings. The Triest Stadt-Bataillon wore grey with light green facings, epaulettes and breeches-stripe, brass horn on the collar, crested helmet like the 1798 pattern with light green plume, black knee boots and equipment, and carried rifles.
Note: *Image left Landstandisches Frei-Corps, on the left and Vienna Volunteers, right; 1797. Uniforms are, respectively, light grey faced with red, blue-grey breeches (infantry), light grey overalls striped red (cavalry), red plume with white centre (infantry), green plume(cavalry), white (infantry), and black (cavalry), equipment; and for the Vienna Volunteers, green faced with black, grey breeches, black hat laced white with black-over yellow plume, black and yellow cockade.
In other 'directorates', Landwehr uniform was similarly varied. For Lower Austria the uniform was a grey infantry jacket faced red, white breeches, black gaiters and Corsican hat bearing a brass plate inscribed with distinct and battalion identification. The Moravian Landwehr volunteers are dressed with and infantry shako with ordinary cockade and pompom, a tall black plume, a tall black plume and brown leather equipment; while the ordinary Landwehr had a black round hat with brass badge, single-breasted brown Oberrock with red cuffs, collar patch and shoulder strap piping, white overalls and black gaiters and equipment. Their volunteer Jagers had a Korsehut with white loop and dark green plume, dark brown infantry jacket faced red, black equipment and knee boots. In Galicia, the only unit formed was a corps of dismounted cossacks (Freikosaken-Abtheilungen zu Fuss) who wore native dress, fur or felt busby, blue jackets faced red, baggy red or blue trousers, with knife and pistols in the belt or red girdle; as there was a shortage of muskets, many carried only lances or pikes.
Landwehr firearms depended upon availability; muskets of 1754, 1774 or 1784 pattern were used, with hunting knives, cavalry carbines, even Crespi breech loaders and air rifles among the Jagers.
A new uniform was prescribed in 1813 when the Landwehr re-formed as the fourth battalion of the Line regiments: black Korsehut bearing brass shield inscribed with the district number, iron grey infantry jacket with collar, cuffs, turnbacks, shoulder straps and piping in the regimental facing colour; white breeches, black belts and knee gaiters, grey-black greatcoat; regional cockades were replaced by the national black and yellow. NCOs carried sabres with black and yellow knots. Officers had bicorns with black silk binding, iron grey long-tailed infantry coats, white waistcoats, white or grey breeches with lace and thigh knot of the button colour (silver or gold), black boots, epee with gold knot, gold and black sash, and grey overcoat. If we continue to use the Styrians as an example, they raisedfour battalions affiliated to Line regiments nos. 27 (Graz) and 74 (Marburg); the Graz battalions thus used the 27th's 'Emperor-yellow' facings and yellow buttons, and the Marburg units green facings and white buttons.
