Figure 1.--Here we see French sailors in the 1930s. Note the caps and stripped T-shirts. Also note the laundry in the background. This leads one to question the military effiency of the French Navy. I have never seen an image like this on an important American, British, German, or Japansese warship. |
Many of the destinctive features of French sailor suits were based on the uniforms of French sailors. Not all sailor suits worn by French boys had these destinctive features, but many did. One of the most destinctive feature were the soft caps with red poms. Another was the stripped dickey which was apparently a kind of "T"-shirt. I'm not sure if all stripped dickeys were in effect T-shirts, but that seems to have normally been the case. We do not have elaborate information about French naval uniforms, but we note sailors in the 1930s wearing these caps and stripped T-shirts.
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