Figure 1.--This German boy wears a traditionally styled long pants sailor suit for his first day of school. It is a very traditionally styled suit with the three white stripes. He has a army-styled peaked cap along with a clkassic book satchel. He has a very large gift cone ("zuckertute"). |
An unidentified image shows another German boy on his first day of school. It is a snapshot with a white border. We would
guess the photograph was taken in the late 1920s, but that is only a guess. It is a wonderful image. The boy has the largest gift
cone or "zuckertute" that I have ever seen. He wears a long pants sailor suit with a military peaked cap. The cap looks a bit
unusual with the sailor suit, but I have noted quite a few boys wearing these caps.
The boy has a very large gift cone ("zuckertute"). In fact it is the largest one I have ever seen. It i almost as big as he is. The boy doesn't seem to be all that happy about his gift--perhaps he is a bitworried about hisfirst day ofschool. He has a book bag on his back, leaving his arms free for his cone. Also notethe smaller pencil case. He is wearing his back pack and posing with his "present". This was a snapshot, probably taken by his father.
The portrait is undated, but the clothes and photography suggest the late 1920s. I don't think it was as late as the NAZI era (1933-45). The NAZIs discouraged both strap shoes and sailor suits.
You can not see the hair cut because of the cap, but it looks to be a short cut.
He wears n army style peakedcap which does not seem to go with his sailor suit. We have seen, however, quite a few boys waring these caps up until the 1930s.
This German boy wears a traditionally styled dark long pants sailor suit for his first day of school. Sailor suits were very common schoolwear for younger boys through the 1920s, but declined in the 1930s as the NAZIs did not approve of it. Many class portraits show many youger boys wearing sailor suits. His scarfe was tied in the standard manner that we have seen for German boys wearing sailor suits. I assume this was the style for the German Navy. He wears his sailor suit with a plain white dickey.
We have noted German boys wearing strap shoes in the 1920s, even older boys than the boy seen here. This boy looks to be wearing black strap shoes with his sailor suit. These strap shoes declined in popularity during the 1930s, except for very young boys.
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