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WW2 Service Shoes... Are they?


Johan Willaert
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Johan Willaert

I picked these up at last week's Ciney show because I was intrigued by the style and lack of QM markings...

 

Smooth style, NO toecap shoes similar to the standard Service shoes but no BOSTON Depot markings on the inside...

Only US Army reference I could find is on the rubber soles...

 

Both tongues are marked ?O???RAVER USA and both shoes carry the same yellow painted number inside...

 

I showed these to many collectors at the show and the general concensus was that they were transitional shoes between smooth shoes and rough-outs... But are they???

 

Any ideas???

 

All markings are pictured....

 

 

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Johan...I just had a quick look. The QM stampings are faded but there is a name and serial #, so they were issued at some point. The soles are unworn so they must have been refurbished. I'll post pics later.

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  • 7 months later...

hi guys! just received a nice pair of the same kind of shoes.. no years or QMD stamps..just size on tongue and inside shoes (11 1/2 A) ; markings on sole (USA No 110) and on rubber sole.. yellow stamp reads EBENEZER USA. I was told they were economy made Service Shoes II Type in order to save on rubber by deleting toecap. btw can u advice me if i may use some leather cream to keep em soft and pliabel as they are? in fact they r practically unissued..just some wear on the front.. thinks someone used em during postwar years to have a stroll..

thanks for ur help guys!

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maybe is a dumb question but they re my first pair of original shoes! and got them for 100 bucks + shipping (and customs fees..mostly due to seller who wrote twice the shipping costs... and the italian customs are always happy to drain my money and blood :-) )

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1930artdeco

BARman, $100 plus s&h is not bad. I use PECARDS on my antique shoes and it works wonders. My first posthere were about my black lace up riding boots which were very dry. I put about three coats of their antique leather conditioner on and let it sit for awhile. I just put another two coats on and the leather is so soft now. Hope this helps.

 

Mike

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  • 11 months later...

I recently picked up a pair of unknown service shoes similar to the ones in this thread. Mine are the full-soled variety:

 

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Like most of the others in this thread, mine also have yellow ink stampings inside and stamped size markings on the tongue.

 

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Mine also have a laundry mark on the inside so they were clearly issued. Has anyone ever determined exactly what these are and when they were used? They're clearly not cut down from a taller boot so I'm pretty sure they're World War 2 era. Does anyone have any additional information?

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