Marching boots

[pieand]

This is a nice pair of boots

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[Grubhy]

Nice pair of good cavalery Knobelbecheren. Stamps inside does not denote year but batch...These were made in 1939 not in 1956

[paul.j]

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Yes boots are okay but looking at those pics I would say the hobnails were added post war.

[pieand]

Nice pair of good cavalery Knobelbecheren. Stamps inside does not denote year but batch...These were made in 1939 not in 1956

CAVALERY BOOTS... don't think so

[pieand]

Yes boots are okay but looking at those pics I would say the hobnails were added post war.

Don't think so th nailsl were added post war

[Grubhy]

Take a look on proportions not only lenght of the bootleg. You got small sized boots issued for cavalery and horse drawn units...

http://www.relichunter.com/cavboots2.jpg

[me6_130]

I though cavalry boots had a different shape. To me they look like some good small size standard boots in incredible condition.

Carles

[paul.j]

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You can see where quite a few of the hobnails were put in poorly and then reapplied, some of them are not firmly seated into the leather. It even looks like there are scuff/damage marks that go under the hobnails.
I would guess someone has just tried to apply the hobnails without the right tools for it - the guys that applied them in the war knew what they were doing, and had the right tools.
If I were buying them I would factor that into the asking price.

[me6_130]

I can't imagine a WWII Wehrmacht cobbler worrying about marking or not the boots when nailing... Many times this was done at company level, so I don't think they would have any interest in the sole looking nice. There are a lot on sewing machine marks all around also, and I don't think it is bad either. We will never know who nailed these boots or when.

Carles

[4th division]

Imho textbook jackoots that had no alterations like adding studs or so..

Prewar jackboots where 3-4 cm higher, from about '40/'41 they where shortened 3-4 cm to save leather! That tells why they are high.

I don't think the nails are added postwar. I've seen studs with markings around them from misplacing before. It's normal in the process of making boots.

[pieand]

I don't think the nails are added postwar. I've seen studs with markings around them from misplacing before. It's normal in the process of making boots.


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That's also my opinion.
Thank you for your comments,
Pieand