Rare Pair WW1 Artillery Officers Boots.

A rare pair of WW1 brown leather boots known as the Norwegian pattern and worn by Royal Artillery officers. As all officer’s uniform was private purchase. Some artillery officer’s preferred and more robust boot to wear in the mud and cold conditions on the western front. These are exceptional quality made of a thick brown leather with first third eyelets for laces and then hooks, finishing in two leather straps at the top with a long folding tongue / gusset in between. The leather soles are heavily hobnailed and both boots are in very good order with some wear and a few faults. To one boot there is a small tear under the flat that takes the laces and some of the hobnails are missing from the sole. But the leather on the whole is sound with a beautiful patina. The original leather laces are missing but this is not unusual as the leather almost always when brittle and broke. They measure 11 inches from heel to toe and using a shoe size converter this is around a size 8-9UK.

Code: 29050