Figure 1.--Here we see a German family in the late 30s or early 40s. We know it is during the World War II era beczuse of the soldier in the background. The younger boy looks to be about 5 years old. He wears H-bar romper pants. The image here tells us a good deal about German summer clothes at the time.

We have noted German boys up to about 5 years of age wearing rompers. We are not sure how popular this was. We notice some older boys wearing rompers during the World war II era. We are not sure if this is just the French fashion influence or the shipment of French made clothes to the Reich during the German occupation of France. As part of the reprirations the Germans demanded, clothing, food, and other French produced items were shipped to Germany. Age 5 years is about the oldest age we have noted, but our archive is still quite limited. We tend to think this was the oldest age boys wore rompers because at age 6 they began school. The rompers we see 5-year olds wearing are the suspender or H-bar romper pants and not the full romper suits worn by younger boys.

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