HOBNAIL BOOTS WWI NCO OR OFFICER ARTILLERY REG 1916

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WWI 1916 DATED GERMAN FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT 44. FIELD OFFICER OR NCO BOOTS. I BROUGHT THESE BACK FROM GERMANY A LONG TIME AGO. THESE ARE THE BEST, AUTHENTIC, WARTIME, FIELD BOOTS I HAVE EVER OWNED. THEY ARE CLEARLY STAMPED AND ALSO HAVE HAND WRITTEN THE ABBREVIATION OF WHAT TRANSLATES TO: ARTILLERY REGIMENT # 44 1916 IN BOTH BOOTS. STRONG TAPERED TOE (MORE INDICITIVE OF OFFICER & NCO STYLE). FIELD BOOT STYLE. THEY HAVE PERIOD FIELD REPAIRS IN THE BACK HEEL PORTION AND ITS POSSIBLE THEY WERE 'LET OUT' IN THE BACK TO ACCOMMODATE 'A SECOND OWNER' AS GOOD BOOTS WERE SCARCE LATER AND WERE OFTEN 'INHERITED'. THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL SOFT BLACK TO REDISH-BROWN PATINA. GOOD STRONG LEATHER (NOT BTITTLE OR ROTTED). THEY STAND UP ON THEIR OWN. THE THIN BLACKING REVEALS THE ORIGINAL HIGHER GRADE TANNED NATURAL COLOR UNDERNEATH NOT THE ROUGH EM LEATHER. NICE HOBNAILS, WOOD PEGS, HORSESHOE HEEL IRONS, ECT. ALL 4 PULL-UP TABS IN PLACE. T IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THESE BOOTS TROMPED ALL OVER THE FRONT AND THEY WERE EITHER WORN BY A LOW RANKING OFFICER OR AN NCO OR A LUCKY ENLISTED MAN ERGO THE FIELD LET OUTS). IF YOU WANT THE BEST AND A PAIR THAT CERTAINLY SAW THE WAR FROM THE FRONT THIS IS IT! I'm NOT SURE OF THE SIZE SO I'LL GUESS ABOUT A US SIZE 8 & 1/2 TO 9 & 1/2 BUT I WOULD HOPE THE WINNER ISN'T FOR A MOMENT CONSIDERING WEARING THESE HISTORIC read more
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