Kgl.bay. 2.Jg.Btl. Portrait

[Naxos]

One for Chris

Bavarian Oberjaeger wearing his overcoat and visor

Were Jaeger allowed to have a full beard?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Are you kidding me???? Where did you get that???

[Chris Boonzaier]

Whats the collar badge?

[Naxos]

I had it for years

[Naxos]

collar badge is the Unteroffiziere rank insignia on the overcoat

[turtle]

Nice & sharp portrait, wears his coat open to show his EK2.

[ccj]

That is a nice photo. I didn't know those overcoat tabs were worn during the war.

[spolei]

Hello,

a very nice picture.

Is the back described ?

[Chip]

The color collar tabs were worn on the M1908 and (those still in use) M1894 overcoats in 1914. In 1908 the Saxons decided to go with subdued feldgraue Kragenpatten with only a colored piping. This was, however, only for the newly made wartime issue Kriegsgarnituren, which were not to be worn in peacetime. These remained in the various B.A. Kammer until the war started. All other contingents did not adopt this due to budgetary constraints.

In January of 1915 when the so-called "Ersatzmäntel" or simplified M1908 coats were decreed, newly made examples were to be finished without Kragenpatten. Previously made coats of all patterns retained the collar tabs. That's why you see them on coats well into the war.

Chip