Boys' Historical Uniform Garments Accessories--Lanyard Colors

Figure 1.--Here we see a Flemish VNJ member wearing a yellow lanyard. Another member wears a red and white lanyard. I'm not sure what these colors mean.

The lanyards were often white, but not always. We notice many different colors being used. There were also multi-colored lanyards. With the multi-colored lanyards these possible combinations are quite large. Just two color combinations give quite a number of possibilitirs. Thre color combinations provide a huge number of possibilities. and the system can become quite complicated. Colored and multi-colored lanyards were an indication of rank or membership in specialized units such a musical groups. The Hitler Youth in particular had a very complicated system of colored lanyards.