Offiziers stiefel

[Jacob Andreasen]

Hello!!
One more for manny

I resently pickt up this nice pair of boots.
In my opinion they are germann ww2, but i might be proven wrong.

Opinions will be welcomed

/Jacob

[Jacob Andreasen]

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[Patrick Dempsey]

Hi Jacob,
Manny is indeed the man to ask when it comes to footwear.I'm getting a very "Bundeswehr" feeling from these. Specifically the interior (and markings) and the adjustment buckle at the top of the boot. This style of boot used to be the main choice of re-enactors at one time as with a little bit of work to remove the buckle and a quick resole, they look fine from a distance.
A dedicated footwear collector will be able to shed more light on these and no doubt prove me very wrong!

Patrick.

[Jacob Andreasen]

Hello
IMO nothing wrong with that kind of buckle or sole on high ww2 offizier stiefel.

/Jacob

[derspiess63]

Hi Jakob,

this is a pair of Officer's riding boots made by Rieker, which was one of the leading WW2 German footwear manufacturers.
This very style of boots was often worn by German Officers,and their buckles and lining are absolutely legit but what would lead me to think that these boots COULD BE post-war clones is the way the're size stamped(even if I must point out that I own a pair of 1938 dated and GJR137 stamped WH-issue bergschuhe which are size stamped 46 / 6)and their lining,which, on a few specimens I've personally seen and owned was brownish,even if there could have well been variations on the same theme !
The very same model was produced during the war,and you can see a photo of an identical pair on page 140 of Robert Kurtz's book "German Paratroops" by Schiffer!
Rieker still exist and makes heavy duty footwear for sports and leisure,even if these boots imo weren't made after the 50s!
I should check them personally before being 101% definite, but since they're absolutely spot on when compared to the ones I've personally seen and to the ones on Kurtz's book and since they've got a few details I quite like I'd deem them to be 95% genuine war-time officer's riding boots, even if, given the fact that they were purchased privately rather than being "Kommis", a reasonable doubt, albeit small,to be added to the missing 5% would remain!
All in all they're very nice boots worth to be kept !
Hope that helps
Manny
P.S.;I know the boots you're referring to Patrick..they were shorter(like the second model knobelbecher) and were West Germany Feuerwehr-issue !

[Jacob Andreasen]

Thanks
Here are a few more pictures.

/Jacob

[Jacob Andreasen]

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[Jacob Andreasen]

This one is of the bottom stamping inside the boots.

[derspiess63]

In the last three pictures you've attached I've spotted two details which tells me that these boots were made post war....no need to explain why I'm not telling here!

Manny

[Jacob Andreasen]

In the last three pictures you've attached I've spotted two details which tells me that these boots were made post war....no need to explain why I'm not telling here!

Manny

I am sorry to hear that.
They are from Detlev Niemann.

/Jacob

[derspiess63]

I am sorry to hear that.
They are from Detlev Niemann.

/Jacob

Hi Jacob,
the fact that they came from Detlev Nieman doesn't mean a thing to me!
Too many dealers all around the Globe think "What the heck...I've got a name,I'm a "trusted authority"..."and stuff, while less experienced collectors (and often even not so less -experienced ones!) think"What the heck...he's a"trusted authority",therefore anything he says and sell must be worth its weight in gold!".
You see buddy,the very same dealers all around the Globe think that it's easy for them to sell a pair of shoes as German just because"they look the part and military shoes almost always look the same!"and their being "trusted authorities" helps them in the process!
Shoes and boots aren't less important than a field cap or a helmet;they're part of an uniform and in my opinion MUST BE THE ONES WHICH WERE ISSUED WITH THE REST OF THE UNIFORM...would you feel comfortable topping up a stunning FJ uniform with a BGS helmet,a Czech fake,a post-war BW side cap with bogus insignas or a fake web belt?
I'm amazed that people who could tell you exactly how many stitches that tunic has got cannot recognize genuine boots or shoes!In fact I'm strongly convinced that they CAN,but since genuine footwear is very hard to come by they try to push foreign or post-war hob-nailed rubbish instead!
In this case these boots are 99,9999 identical to their wartime counterparts and produced by one of the major WW2 German footwear contractors but, alas, they're not wartime...they're post war,even if they missed it only by a few years!
Manny

[Fred Fokkelman]

I have a pair of original officers boots with the buckles. Although these boot resemble them, they are in my opinion reworked post-war boots.