Figure 1.-- The Belgian sailor suits seem to be basically rather traditionally styled. The use of the basic three stripe detailing seems less common than we have noticed in America and Britain. The portrait here is a Belgian boy, probably photographed in the 1930s. We count something like seven stripes.

The detailing on Belgian sailor suits appears similar to those we have seen on French and Dutch sailor suits. We note nothing destinctive about the detailing on Belgian sailor suits. There seems less variety in the Belgan sailor suits than we have noticed in Germany. The Belgian sailor suits seem to be basically rather traditionally styled. The use of the basic three stripe detailing seems less common than we have noticed in America and Britain. The portrait here is a Belgian boy, probably photographed in the 1930s (figure 1). We count something like seven stripes.

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Created: September 12, 2003
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