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    Chip

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      EM straps were sewn on to the Bluse, not into the seam.

      Not really true. It was the primary custom of the Bavarians to sew the M15/16 shoulder straps into the shoulder seam. Most Bavarian straps you will find are unfinished on the end (not sewn shut), as that end would be hidden anyway. I have a near mint 1916 dated Bavarian Bluse and you can plainly see that the shoulder seam was left open so that the strap could be inserted. From the factory, it was just whip-stitched shut. 

       

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    2. Nice Chris! 

      I swear half of my 3.Jäger Rgt. Sterbebilder (77 of them) show soldiers in other unit uniforms. I have also seen several Sterbebilder where the uniform is that of the 3.Jäger Rgt., but the soldier died while serving in another unit. One look at an earlier war Soldbuch will verify that soldiers (for the most part) got transferred regularly, for a myriad of reasons. 

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    3. GreyC,

      The Bavarian enlisted cockade was changed in 1916 from the one with the blue ring on white to the one with the solid blue center. Officer's examples were additionally changed with the removal of the "clam-shell" outer ring to a ring with a "saw-tooth" type edge. Troops already in the field were not so much affected, unless issued new clothing pieces or, in officer's cases, when they wanted to update their cap or purchase a new one.

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