Figure 1.--HBC believes that this is a German boy photographed in the 1900s. Note that there is not badge on the cap. He wears a peaked cap with a sailor suit that has an unusually large number of stripes. Note the book bag and an usual side bag, the purpose of which is not clear. |
HBC has limited information as to which countries this style of cap was worn. This is primarily becaise we have seen few portraits with boys wearing peaked militarybcaps with their sailor suits. This style was worn to some extent in Germany as the image here shows (figure 1). We note large numbers of German boys wearing these caps, primarily with sailor suits. Even in Germany, however, it does not appear to have been as common as other styles. We have also noted a few American images with this style of sailor cap. We have not noted it being worn in any other countries during the early 20th century. We have noted boys wearing peaked caps with sailor suits as part of late 20th century First Communion suits in France and Spain.
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