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Has anyone ever seen service shoes like the ones pictured with a few sets of lacing hooks in place of the grommets? Doesn't look to be a true/original contract item but custom job- either period done or later in life. Then again, never say never...

 

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Looks like a custom jib to me. As I recall, WWII German low-cut army boots had the same lacing hooks.

Maybe a GI got his boots repaired at a "Ye olde boot shoppe" somewhere in Germany?

 

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Carl

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They are civilian shoes, civilian and military styles usually parallel each other, just check one of the old Sears Catalogs and you will see pages of this style shoe.

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I think they are ok. I've not seen a pair with the hooks before but the bottom soles have the correct US Army stamp and the rest of the construction looks correct so I would rule out private/commerical ones. It may be as the seller says, a early style or as was mentioned earlier, a custom modification. Just my guess, Ray

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