Original U.S. WWII Model 1939 American Service Shoe Low Boots - Size 8½D Japanese Flags and the British and Foreign

and the British and Foreign Sailors Society issued elaborate COPPER PLAQUES exquisitely embossed using ACTUAL COPPER removed from H

The flintlock mechanism functions but does not properly hold at half-cock due to age-related wear on the tumbler

but these often faded over time

These examples were produced in the last decades of the 20th century

It took part in fighting in the Netherlands

Original U.S. WWII Model 1939 American Service Shoe Low Boots - Size 8½D Japanese Flags and the British and ForeignOriginal Items: Only One pair Available. Known as the Model 1939 American Service Shoe these low quarter boots were also called walking out boots by USGIs. These were standard issue to US troops serving in the Army and Air Force at the start of the WW2, eventually replaced by the rough out boot. This pair in heavily worn condition with cracking and crazing at the back. The boots are made from russet brown leather with leather toe cap and a two piece