Figure 1.--This German snapshot is undated, but we would guess it was taken about 1940. This Schirmmütze was not the HJ uniform cap, but we know the boy was in the HJ because he has the HJ diamond pin on it. |
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We first notice German boys wearing Schirmmütze during 1930s, primarily as part of the Hitler Youth uniform. We have not yet found any photigraphs of German boys wearing it in the 1920s. Thus we believe that the Schirmmütze first appeared in the 30s. Most of the images we have found show the boys wearing the dark HJ uniform cap version beginning in the mid-1930s. We notice a few boys wearing the lighter colored cap, perhaps grey like the Wehrmnacht cap. It was widely worn during the War (1939-45). We also notice German boys continued to wear the Schirmmütze after the War. We notice it throughout the 1940s and the 50s. We rarely see it in the 1960s, especially after the early 60s.
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