Boots Aviator or Cavalry?

[Phillip Brandt]

I got these boots from an on line auction in Montana. The boots were listed as cavalry boots, but I thought they were suspect. Looking online there seemed to confusion as to whether these were cavalry or aviator boots. I went ahead and bought them (can't pass up a good price). They arrived and I examined them, but could find no maker's mark. I started to stuff them with paper and found the photo and biography of the original owner, a pilot. The interesting part for me is he was stationed at Wright Field at one point and I live near there. Later I found his name in the boots.

[aefcav]

Could be either, many Cav officers in fact found their way into the Air Corp.

great looking boots!

[CAC1901]

Officers purchased their own uniforms including boots. The array of variations of footwear including boots is numerous. Officers of different branches also wore these type leather boots. To top it off, civilians wore the same tall leather boots as well.  Generally the only way to tell if a pair is military, and what branch they may have been used, is if they are identified. 

[ludwigh1980]

Typical WW1private purchase American Officers Boots. I've had numerous examples of these id'ed to various branch officers to include quartermaster corps, artillery, infantry, etc.