Figure 1.-- This petit garçon modèle is seen with his fleet of vehicles during 1950. The garçon modèle styles and traditions were very widespread in France, not just the elite in Paris. This little boy in 1950 lived in a provincial village. Notice in his lft wrist he has baptism gold braclet. Perhaps he also has neck chain, but we cannot see it.

A reader mentions keep-sake jewlery that younger boys might wear. Thiswas espcially true for garçon modèle as well as the garconets. This included gold bracelrts which traditionally worn on the right wrist. There were also baptismal medals. The baptism gold chaim is a gourmette de baptème and the neck small chain a chaine de baptème. French children recive these two presents for their baptism, it is a tradition even to this day. The mothers put away their wrist braclets for school so they would not get lost, but they were commonly worn when dressing up, especially for church on Sunday. They might even be worn when playing around the home.