What boots are therse?
I bought these boots yesterday at a vintage sale that was held in Whitchcliff Western Australia. I paid a massive $20 for them. They look like they came straight out of the military surplus store. I beeswaxed them and melted the wax into the leather using a hairdryer. I then polished them with dark tan Kiwi polish. In retrospect, I should have taken before and after pics of them and created a 'how to thread', however, I was too excited to see the final product that it totally slipped my mind.
There is a makers mark on the inside of one boot: W (arrow pointing upwards) D, 111, T Bird & sons, 1942, size 10 fitt M
These are my questions:
1. What military/ regiment /purpose (if any) do they come from?
2. Where was it made?
3. Any other info regarding these fine 78-year-old boots.
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South African military veteran. Great grandson of Captain William Henry Stevenson of the Highland Light Infantry, Scotland (1880's) and brother to Infantryman Peter Mark Schumann of the 2nd Transvaal Scottish, South Africa (1980's).
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