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    Are These Russian Flight Boots WW2 Period?

    Hello, I am trying to collect russian ww2 period flight gear. I have learned enough to know these boots are russian flight boots. But I would like to know if they are ww2 period or postwar? So I wish to ask, is there anyway to know if they are ww2 period or postwar? Is there a way to tell ww2 period from postwar? I'm only asking because I only want to collect ww2 period. Thanks in advance.
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      boots

      jk;n
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        boots

        nwbro
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          #5
          I think that it military high fur boots(Unti) of pilots are similar IMO. What fur on them, fur from a dog?

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            #6
            Based on what appears to me to be a rubber heel, I would guess that they are post war.

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              The heel can be both pre-war, war and post-war repair.

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                #8
                Agree.
                But I haven't seen chrome-plated metall parts on wartime fasteners.
                Usually they were galvanized.

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                  It unless isn't painted black color, on this image with flash it is difficult to judge? I agrees that metal parts were opaque galvanic.

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                    Thank you gentlemen for your replies. I understand the metal fittings of wartime examples are galvanized. (I am looking for a pair of prewar or war time period boots, not post war). I believe sometimes the prewar or war time period fittings were made of chrome or maybe nickel. I will show some photos of some ww2 period Russian pilots or aircrew. The flying helmets they are wearing appears to have shiny fittings, so they are probably not galvanized. So, I believe sometimes the boot fittings during ww2 were not always galvanized.
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                      Maybe here's a better example from my collection. Here are two Russian ww2 period flight helmets, the metal fittings on the flight helmet to the left are galvanized, the ones on the right look like nickel or chrome to me.
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