Tropical SS Boots

[PMan]

Hello,
Does anyone own a pair of these? Comments please.
Thank you, Peter

[PMan]

Tropical SS Boots

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Tropical SS Boots

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[PMan]

Tropical SS Boots

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Tropical SS Boots

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[Jack D.]

Would these boots be for an officer?, as I noticed a lack of hobnails.
They look pretty lightweight for combat boots.
Nice design though, very stylish.

Jack

[PMan]

Boots

Would these boots be for an officer?, as I noticed a lack of hobnails.
They look pretty lightweight for combat boots.
Nice design though, very stylish.

Jack

I would say officer boots Jack.

[Robert H]

marking struggles

[PMan]

Boots

marking struggles

Marking Struggles? How are real SS tropical boots marked? It is my understanding that these cannot be anything else. See the Wehrmacht uniforms forum next door above.

[Robert H]

aren't they offered out in NJ? I don't expect such a marking in 41, nor does it look right to me. Reminds me much about the VA 101 markings ... my 5 cents.
When was demand for tropical boots in the SS, still when the VA was in charged? I doubt it.

[PMan]

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aren't they offered out in NJ? I don't expect such a marking in 41, nor does it look right to me. Reminds me much about the VA 101 markings ... my 5 cents.

NJ, Where? Who? Let me know so I can check that out before I commit to these. If that's the case, there has to be more than just this one pair. I hope that is revealed here if it is true. I couldn't image that anyone would gear up to cobble one set of boots together, plus make the stamps, etc..........and after all that, use the wrong marking???

[PMan]

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aren't they offered out in NJ? I don't expect such a marking in 41, nor does it look right to me. Reminds me much about the VA 101 markings ... my 5 cents.
When was demand for tropical boots in the SS, still when the VA was in charged? I doubt it.

The offices Verwaltung und Wirtschaft and Haushalt und Bauten were united and called SS - Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA) on 1 February 1942.

[Robert H]

<table class="cartItems" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>05650286</td> <td>III REICH WAFFEN "SS" FULL LENGTH TROPICAL CAVALRY? BOOTS AS WORN IN THE BALKENS, APPROX SIZE 10/11, 17" HIGH BOOTS ARE OF LIGHT KHAKI CANVAS AND BROWN LEATHER CONSTRUCTION, HAS 3/4" WIDE LEATHER REINFORCING STRAP UP THE FRONT AND BACK WITH 4 ADJUSTABLE EYELETS AT TOP REAR OF BOOT, WOOD PEGGED LEATHER SOLES ARE STAMPED "SS" IN CIRCLE WITH "VA-103/41" (SS IN CIRCLE WAS XX'ED OUT WHEN REISSUED), "VA 103/41 SS" INK STAMP IN TOP IS STILL INTACT, HAS SPUR KNOB IN BACK OF BOOT, SOME OF THE KHAKI MATERIAL HAS WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPLASHED WITH A BLEACH LIKE SUBSTANCE, BOOTS JUST SHOW MINIMAL WEAR, BOOTS CAME OUT OF CZ ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, EXCELLENT/MINT CONDITION OTHERWISE, A VERY RARE PAIR OF BOOTS
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[PMan]

<table class="cartItems" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>05650286</td> <td>III REICH WAFFEN "SS" FULL LENGTH TROPICAL CAVALRY? BOOTS AS WORN IN THE BALKENS, APPROX SIZE 10/11, 17" HIGH BOOTS ARE OF LIGHT KHAKI CANVAS AND BROWN LEATHER CONSTRUCTION, HAS 3/4" WIDE LEATHER REINFORCING STRAP UP THE FRONT AND BACK WITH 4 ADJUSTABLE EYELETS AT TOP REAR OF BOOT, WOOD PEGGED LEATHER SOLES ARE STAMPED "SS" IN CIRCLE WITH "VA-103/41" (SS IN CIRCLE WAS XX'ED OUT WHEN REISSUED), "VA 103/41 SS" INK STAMP IN TOP IS STILL INTACT, HAS SPUR KNOB IN BACK OF BOOT, SOME OF THE KHAKI MATERIAL HAS WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SPLASHED WITH A BLEACH LIKE SUBSTANCE, BOOTS JUST SHOW MINIMAL WEAR, BOOTS CAME OUT OF CZ ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, EXCELLENT/MINT CONDITION OTHERWISE, A VERY RARE PAIR OF BOOTS
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Nothing here saying they are copies. Interesting about the SS mark being scratched out on those. Makes sense for reissue.

[PMan]

In Wear

Here is a follow-up shot of the tropical boots in wear during the period. The photo is in Beavers book on Uniforms of the Waffen SS , volume 2 page 567. Thanks for your help Paul.
Peter