Unidentified Sailor Caps and Middy Blouse

Figure 1.--This European boy wears a soft cap with his white sailor suit. Notice how he wears the streamer to the side. Most American and British boys wore their streamers to the back. Here I am not sure about the country, but might guess that it dates to about 1915. This boy seems to have the normal stramers hanging down, but note that there is no "V" cut or fork in the ends. Also there seems to be an additional more slender longer stramer which we do not understand.

Unfortunately there is no provinance associate with his portrait. We do not know who this was or even what country is involved. All we know that this is a Euopen image. This European boy wears a soft cap with his dark sailor suit. Notice how he wears the streamer to the side. Most American and British boys wore their streamers to the back. Here I am not sure about the country, but might guess that it dates to about 1915. This boy seems to have the normal stramers hanging down, but note that there is no "V" cut or fork in the ends. Also there seems to be an additional more slender longer stramer which we do not understand. I was hoping the enlargement would show the wirding, the name of a ship, on the by's cap, but it is not possible to make out the writing. he detailing on his middy blouse is quite elaborte.
Identity

Unfortunately there is no provinance associate with his portrait. We do not know who this was. He looks to be about 6 or 7 years old.

Chronology

he image is undated, but we might guess that it dates to about 1915. It certainly is an early 20th century portrait.

Country

We do not know what country is involved. All we know that this is a Euopen image. We do not note any style indicators suggesting a specific country, but the boy loks like h might be Dutch Belgian (Flemish) or German.

Cap

Middy Blouse

The boys wears a middly blouse with a double vertical o of buttons. The detailing on his middy blouse is quite elaborte. I have rarely seen a middy blouse with so many stripes rinning horizontally like this. He appears to have a pocket where he probably has a whistle--notice the lanyard.