VERY RARE 1960 (4-60) DATED AND MARKED GENESCO MFG, U.S. JUNGLE BOOTS (NON-OKINAWA VIETNAM ISSUE)

[whittond]

HELLO ALL, WANTED TO SHARE THESE PHOTOS AND INFO ON THIS PAIR OF 1960, YES 1960 DATED AND MARKED US JUNGLE BOOTS.  I HAVE PAIRS DATED FROM 1962-1973, KNOWING HOW RARE THE 1962-1964 US JUNGLE BOOTS ARE, BUT I HAD NO IDEA THIS VERSION WAS MADE AS EARLY AS 1960.

 

THE BOOTS ARE THE SAME DESIGN AS THE 1962-1963 BOOTS WITH THE LEATHER LEG REINFORCEMENT, NO ANKLE REINFORCEMENT, BUT THE SOLES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE 1962-1963 BOOTS AND ARE VERY SIMILAR PATTERN TO THE 1962 US "OKINAWA"  JUNGLE BOOTS.

 

THE LEATHER LEG REINFORCEMENT STRAP IS DATE STAMPED:   

4 - 60

 

THE LEATHER LEG REINFORCEMENT STRAP IS SIZE STAMPED:   

7 W

 

THERE IS ANOTHER STAMP INBETWEEN THE SIZE AND DATE STAMP I CANNOT MAKE IT OUT CLEARLY, IT IS LETTERS INSIDE A RECTANGLE, LOOKS LIKE:

G J       (BEST I CAN DETERMINE)

 

LEATHER LEG REINFORCEMENT STRAP COMPLETE MARKING:

7  W   GJ    4 - 60

 

THE INSIDE OF THE BOOTS NEAR THE TOP ON THE CANVAS, THEY ARE MFG MARKED IN A SILVERY WHITE INK:

           7   W       90329

               GENESCO

    DAIS - ?? - QM - 1503      (BEST I CAN DETERMINE)

       APRIL  22,  1960

 

THE SOLE OF THE BOOTS ARE MARKED:

QMC.   R&E

 

        7

 

 

ENJOY THE PHOTOS.   SEMPER FI,  MSGT DAN WHITTON USMC (RET)