238. German Coal Miners: Mining Overseer.
239. German Coal Miners: Mining Official, 1938.
The importance of the miner has for many years been recognised throughout Germany and as a reflection of this importance, and on those occasions that were considered to be of a festive or important nature, the mining personnel would set aside their work clothes and put on their traditional miners dress uniform. A version of this uniform which is featured in Nos. 238 and 239 evolved, as is usually the way with traditional costume, from the styles of dress worn originally by miners in most of the mining provinces of Germany of at least two hundred years ago, and in appearance it has an affinity with military attire. In some districts of Germany after the middle of the eighteenth century regulations were laid down as to its appearance. Leather aprons and leather knee pieces became a feature of the earlier dress uniforms. When marching or in procession miners carried axes with slender handles (238), swords , , were worn by musicians, and the distinctivr peakless shake complete with brush or feathered plume became almost a trade mark. During the period of the Third Reich the only visible acquiescence made to the new regime as far as the full dress uniform was concerned was the use of the swastika arm band. Although each mining district had its variations in detail and to a lesser extent in colourings, in the main the German miner was distinguished by the use of let black uniforms decorated with black velvet trimmings, no doubt chosen as an appropriate colouring considering the nature of their work.

240. German Coal Miners: German Coal Miners: Apprentice Miner 1942.
The mining apprentice wore a uniform similar to that of his elders but it was not quite so elaborate. The peaked cap was a form of head-dress, a concession to modern dress, that was also available to all other mining personnel.

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