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Boots / shoes to wear with your flight jacket s...

Emchisti

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Picked up these from A Fine Pair of Shoes. Very different from what I normally wear and not entirely sure I like them.
 

B-Man2

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Hi , jreceveid yesterday a pair M48 jump boots dated 1957 View attachment 170419View attachment 170421View attachment 170423View attachment 170425View attachment 170427View attachment 170429View attachment 170431View attachment 170433, quasi mint condition . leather was a bit dry , soles too but souple enoigh to be worn as they are . Some Gt11 on the leather , grease on seams and on the rubber soles . And now they are just my last loved ones .
Where’d you find them ?…. If it’s ok to ask .
 

LV426

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Awesome And for once they do not need to be resoled !
Yes ! I bough this pair with that in mind : not resoling ! I had the same experience with another M48 pair but too large 11.5 EE . This time it's good . btw , my Type2 are just back from my cobbler . Sent to him to get new heels on , the last ones were to thin ( 1cm ) the new ones are more accurate ( 2cm) and made with a vintage mold ( made in Canada ) , from etsy where I found the cats paw heels and the Biltrite that were used on these type2
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LV426

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Where’d you find them ?…. If it’s ok to ask .
No pbs to ask ;) . From Ebay US . I never stop searching ... on the entire web . This afternoon I found a very early pair of jump boots mint from a French web site specialized in WW2 gears and other stuff , especialy Jeep willys parts . . This kind of passion is a real pain for my wallet but a pleasure for my feet and ... ego !!! ahahaha Got no pics . The item were puted off the site when the trannsaction were done , and , what a dumb I am , I did not save any pics to my pc . There is also a nice A2 for example : I don't know the real price of this kind of item , I'm in the boots ! so let's have a look ;) https://militariajeep35.fr/produit/blouson-m41-officier-7/ . PS : The price of the jump boots is quite gentle .To be honest I had the M48 for 170$ + 30$ shipping + 17$ import taxe : happy ! about the WW2 era jump boots , very rare : 550€
 

LV426

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Nice score! But M48 is GS combat boots, it’s heels different from Cocoran’s.
What do you mean by "GS combat boots ? These were used in the Korean War. These ones are still jump boots , you can see that the heels are beveled but just on the corners . Russet was the early dye , then small time after it turned to black , all the boots in russet had to be dyes black and new issues were builted black. The Corcoran has it was with beveled heels went black and used as parad boots.
 
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