Some views of a nice pair of Knobelbechern

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The thin version.

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This is a true "grunt" pair. Has anyone seen any others boots like this?

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Again, these must be late war, and incorporate the wide style of heel horseshoes. Private purchase?

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Lastly, one of a pair of unissued ankle boots.

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And these use the wide style too.

Thank you all for looking.

[Michael Kuligowski]

Hi Willi !
not to rain on parade here - but only boots from Grenadier Antiques are showin some features of german boots...

last two (grunt and ankle) boots You showed are not even close to german ww2 period boots thats some post war boots...

its late here - I will try to expand my post later.. ciao !!

[Glenn Barbaritz]

I agree totally with Mike on the last 2 sets of boots shown here. the lowboots are instant one lookers as not being German pre '45. for starters the soles are all wrong. I will post pics of mine today as a comparrison. Glenn

[david stone]

Sorry, these are reenactor altered boots from the Bundeswehr, and not even very old ones at that. Note that the adjustment strap at top has been removed, leaving a thin V of leather. Also, observe there is no halfsole, and the hobnails really go too close to the heel. Bundeswehr, or maybe Bundesmarine. Such boots we used to have to use for reenacting before the Wall came down and we could the DDR ones, much better looking than the BRD ones.

Dave

Again, these must be late war, and incorporate the wide style of heel horseshoes. Private purchase?

[Will Brown]

Well, I have read the comments about my boots, and must agree with what has been said, particulary about the hobnailed BW "grunt" pair. The odd thing is, I never really thought "outside the box" when it came to them. I bought them when I was rather young, and I guess to me they were always "real German jackboots" Looking at them the other day made me think about a BW pair I bought a while ago, and suddenly started to see the obvious similarities. I pulled them out of deep storage (it took some effort just to find them) and photographed them for comparison. Here they are, for anyone interested.

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