Figure 1.--This photograph shows Pisti at age 12 in 1903 wearing his cadet uniform. He probably just began military school. Viki and Villy, the younger boy, at ages 4 and 8 are wearing identical sailor suits. The portrait was taken in Linz, an Austrian city on the Danube. Image courtesy of the MD collecton. |
Villy was the third brother. He was born about 1899. One photograph shows Villy at about age 3 wearing a white dress. In another image he wears a sailor dress. Villy is the only brother shown wearing a dress, but certainly all the boys did at the same age. It is unclear to HBC just when the boys were breached. A portrait of Viki at about age 3 also shows him wearing a kneepants suit. Most of the available portraits show him wearing sailor suits, often identical suits with the ones Viki wore. Unlike his two older brothers, I am not sure Villy entered military school. Unlike his older brothers he does not seem to, at least we do not see him in a cadet uniform. Villy might have avoided World War I, but was old enough to have been swept up into the final years of the War.
Villy was the third brother. He was born about 1899.
We are not positive about Villy's name. The boys' names are written on the back of the portraits. The hand writing is a bit difficult to read. It rarher looks like instead of Villy, the name is written "Nelly". German readers, however, tell HBC that Nelly was not a boys' name.
The various portraits of the boys show Villy in several different outfits.
One photograph shows Villy at about age 3 wearing a white dress. In another image he wears a sailor dress. Villy is the only brother shown wearing a dress, but certainly all the boys did at the same age. It is unclear to HBC just when the boys were breached.
A portrait of Viki at about age 3 also shows him wearing a kneepants suit. This is one of the few pictures of the boys before age 13 that they are not wearing sailor suits or cadet uniforms.
Most of the available portraits show him wearing sailor suits, often identical suits with the ones Viki wore.
Unlike his two older brothers, I am not sure Villy entered military school. Unlike his older brothers he does not seem to, at least we do not see him in a cadet uniform. Villy might have avoided World War I, but was old enough to have been swept up into the final years of the War.
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