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German "M37" Schnürschuhe (Low Boots): Original or Post war
- Thread starter Collector1938
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I’m not sure what your question is or if these are being posted to simply show. They are not the M37 low boots associated with WWII era production and issue. However, I believe these are German military, probably Army, and date earlier. These may well be from 1920s as they meet to specific specifications of the patterns set in 1923 (I believe is correct year) and if so they are very rare to find. You have missed the most important markings which may or may not be visible now. Look for numbers on both the inside and particularly the outside top edges of the ankle part.
Collector1938
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These are seller's pics. What you see is what I have. Interesting, but I have thus far found no pictures of any sort of Reichswehr low boot, but I agree they are most likely not WW2 M37 pattern though seller saying they are, as they're way cheaper. Thought maybe some sort of HJ, or civilian boot.I’m not sure what your question is or if these are being posted to simply show. They are not the M37 low boots associated with WWII era production and issue. However, I believe these are German military, probably Army, and date earlier. These may well be from 1920s as they meet to specific specifications of the patterns set in 1923 (I believe is correct year) and if so they are very rare to find. You have missed the most important markings which may or may not be visible now. Look for numbers on both the inside and particularly the outside top edges of the ankle part.
If you have some pictures or links to a reference of the model boot you think this is, it'd be great.
“The German Reichswehr, Uniforms and Equipment of the Army 1919-1932” by Schlicht and Kraus, has detailed line drawing and original written specifications. More so I believe that there were actually two different specifications on issued during that period not to mention the WWI predecessor of the 1907 schnurschue. All that said, I may have made a mistake in my first post about these as I don’t recall the 5 pair each of hooks and eyelets on the Reichswehr specifications but I could be wrong. My initial response was based in a large part on the fact that I own a near identical pair to the ones posted. This is down to about a half dozen details that are rarely seen on any other type of low boot in combination but are Reichswehr specifications. My set is fully military marked 1925 or 26 I believe I recall and I got them about 45 years ago from a “junk” type small shop in Germany for not much money of course.