Figure 1.--This little German boy wears home-knitted white kneesocks with decorative trim. We are unsure if the tassles were purely decorative or if they were tied in such a way to hold up the socks. The portrait is undated, but was probably taken about 1930. |
Some garters had decorations likes tabs. This was common with Scouting and less so with schools. Here usage varied. In Scouting the color of the tabs might have beennused to designate the level of Scouting. At schools the tabs might have been used to designate the house. At other schools the same color tab was worn for the entire school. We note some decorative devices, especially with hand knitted socks. The decorative devices varied. Some times it looks like some lengths of yarn that could be tied in a small bow. Some time decorative cloths balls were added. These decorative devices seem to have been especially common in the 1920s and 30s. Normally they were worn by younger boys. We are not sure if they had some support function or were purely decorative.
Some garters had decorations likes tabs. These tabs were decorative items used with the garter support devices. This was common with Scouting and less so with schools. Here usage varied. In Scouting the color of the tabs might have been used to designate the level of Scouting. In Britain for example, Scouts wore red tabs and Cubs green tabs. At schools the tabs might have been used to designate the house. At other schools the same color tab was worn for the entire school.
We note some decorative devices, especially with hand knitted socks. The decorative devices varied. Some times it looks like some lengths of yarn that could be tied in a small bow. Some time decorative cloths balls or tassles were added. These decorative devices seem to have been especially common in the 1920s and 30s. We note them more on the Continent than Britain and America.Normally they were worn by younger boys. We are not sure if they had some support function or were purely decorative.
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