flea market boots

[grndevil44]

I had a bit of flea market luck a few weeks back when I saw these sitting on the floor, was not quite sure what they were but knew they were military, after a bit of searching here, they are in fact M32 pattern Italian boots, even the original laces too, I was more than happy at the time to give the seller his $10

[HAF]

nice find ,you can use them for German soldier dispaly ,last pair i have seen for sale in Germany was 320 euro

[Grubhy]

Congrats! Very nice pair! Yours are finished as "tropical", pairs prescribed to use on "continent" were blackened. However both styles were issued during Italy campaign to German and Italian troops and later used also by German as regular footwear

[grndevil44]

thanks guys, I think it was actually your thread Gruhby I found out what they were and here I found a link with a photo of them in wear
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...=italian+boots

[Grubhy]

Great that turned to be usefull Awesome pair!

[grndevil44]

Great that turned to be usefull Awesome pair!

you guys are very helpful, they are useful to me too as I have my FJ set up for the Italian front

always been after a nice pair of combat boots and admired many a pair on here, so I was very happy to find out these were something that would suit my set up

[17thairborne]

John,
Are there any markings or stamps in the boots?

[grndevil44]

28 size stamp on the sole and a 4 underneath on one side, outside top there is an ink stamp on both, but hard to make out, and inside on both another small (almost bell shaped) stamp in ink, no impressed marks that I can make out