Figure 1.--Here we see a German school vclass during the winter. Notice almost all of the children have caps. You can see the different headwear styles children wore. We note berets, flat caps, school caps, and stocking caps. The photograph is undated, but we would huess was taken about 1944. I'm not sure what the flags were for that the boys are holding.

HBC has just begun to collect information on German boys' headwear. We note a variety of different headwear styles over time. Headwear was very common in the 19th century. We do not yet have much information on 19th century headwear. We note younger boys wearing sailor hats. This appeared to have been a particulartly popular style. We have much more information on the 20th century. Headwear was still common in the early 20th century. We see younger boys wearing sailor hats. We also note awide vsariety of caps as well as berets. We notice boys wearing school caps, stocking caps and sailor caps. Some boys wore flat caps, but they were not a major style as in America. During the NAZI era sand into the 50s Schirmmütze became popular. School caps disappeared completely after World war II. There were also folk styles such as the Alpine cap. Since the mid-20th century, headwear has become less common in Germany. We still note stocking caps being worn during the Winter.

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