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Box of c.1918 Early 20th Century Military Collars

A recent eBay purchase of assorted starched linen military collars in an old box of a French brand of military collars.  Sizes are in centimeters, and the names are in French and English.  Most of the collars are straight bands and one is a curved band. This page has scans of the collars flattened out so you can use them to make your own straight or curved WWI military collars in these styles.

These are all band collars that button into the neck of a military tunic like this one seen on General Pershing c. 1918

It just forms a small edge in the interior collar, and meets in the front without buttoning closed.

1a Mako garant. 4 fach collar M 465 Uniform 40 36:

PDF of 1a Mako garant 4 fach collar M 465 Uniform 40 36

You can use these patterns above to make replicas of this curved military collar.

1a. Qual. 4 Jacky Uniform 37:

PDF of 1a Qual 4 Jacky Uniform 37

You can use these patterns above to make replicas of this straight military collar.

ST 70 Armee 37:

PDF of ST 70 Armee 37

You can use these patterns above to make replicas of this straight military collar.

17 Armee 45:

PDF of 17 Armee 45

You can use these patterns above to make replicas of this straight military collar.

1926 Celluloid, Parsons and Parsons, Par Brand, Amherst Collar

Celluloid collars provided a low maintenance, waterproof, alternative to starched linen collars, and were stronger than  paper ones.  Their high point seems to have been in the 1880s when they were new, but they still regularly sold through the 1920s.  Celluloid collars are given to cracking, especially after they age, so this one can’t be flattened and scanned for a pattern. However, you can use a bleach bottle and a pattern from a linen collar to make a replica that is stronger than celluloid, washable, and cheap.  

Students from the DVC Beginning Costume Design Class Sp2018 make plastic collars using bleach bottles:

Color Plates Pt 2. from c. 1910 Das Schminken in Theorie und Praxis (Makeup in Theory and Practice) Berlin

Grandmother Pt 1
Grandmother Pt 2
Frederich the Great pt 1
Frederich the Great pt 2
Napoleon I pt 1
Napoleon I pt 2
Otto Von Bismark Pt 1
Otto Von Bismark Pt 2
Napoleon III pt 1
Napoleon III pt 2
Gustav Adolf pt 1
Gustav Adolf pt 2
Wallenstein Pt 1
Wallenstein Pt 2
William Tell pt 1
William Tell pt 2
Gessler pt 1  

 

Gessler pt 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis XIV pt 1

 

Louis XIV pt 2
Lohengrin pt 1
Lohengrin pt 2
King Lear Pt 1
King Lear Pt 2
Kuhleborn pt 1
Kuhleborn pt 2
Dr. Faustus pt 1
Dr. Faustus pt 2
Mephistopheles pt 1
Mephistopheles pt 2
the trumpeter of SHistorical akkingen pt 1
the trumpeter of Sakkingen pt 2
Rococo Lady Hair and Makeup pt 1
Rococo Lady Hair and Makeup pt 2
Uncle Brasig pt 1
Uncle Brasig pt 2
The Flying Dutchman pt 1
The Flying Dutchman pt 2
Clown pt 1
Clown part 2
Big Moustache man pt 1
Big Moustache Man pt 2
Tailor/Cutter part 1
Tailor Cutter pt 2
Shoemaker pt 1
Shoemaker pt 2
Comic Sergeant pt
Aging Dude pt 1
Aging Dude pt 2
Sailor pt 1
Sailor pt 2
Rascal pt 1
Rascal pt 2
Schoolmaster pt 1
Schoolmaster pt 2
Comic Old Lady pt 1
Comic Old Lady pt 2
Miser pt 1
Miser pt 2
Goethe pt 1
Goethe pt 2
Old Maid pt 1
Old Maid Pt 2
Babylonian King pt 1
Babylonian King pt 2

 

 

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c. 1910 Das Schminken in Theorie und Praxis (Makeup in Theory and Practice) Berlin

Full book below in gallery format, or you can jump ahead to: 

IntroductionMakeup BasicsColor Plates Pt 1Color Plates pt 2