Figure 1.--These Polish Scouts from a movie scene wears their destinctive peaked-military style caps. |
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Hitler Youth groups over time had a variety of uniforms, some included military caps with peaks or bills. Polish Scouts had a destinctive peaked cap based on Polish Army uniforms. Peaked caps were not a common style for youth groups. Perhaps one factor was that it was a more expensive cap than other styles. Another factor map have been was that it was better suited for a dress uniform than active outdoor activities.
Hitler Youth groups over time had a variety of uniforms, some included military caps with peaks or bills. The impages I have seen look to have been from the early to mid 1930s so it may have been a style that was replaced. I have only seen a few images of the boys wearing this style. Much more common was the campaign cap.
Polish Scouts had a destinctive peaked cap based on Polish Army uniforms. This cap was adopted from the early years of Scouting in Poland once Poland was reinstated as an independent country following World War I. It continued until Scouting was abolished by the Germans after the 1939 occupation of Poland at the on set of World War II. It was again used once Scouting was allowed to function in Communist Poland.
Peaked caps were not a common style for youth groups. Perhaps one factor was that it was a more expensive cap than other styles. Another factor map have been was that it was better suited for a dress uniform than active outdoor activities. Ir also may have been deemed as to military a look by many.
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