Question about correctness of some of the repo WWII Service shoes

[Arthur]

I’ve been looking at sites that sell reproduction WWII Reverse upper service shoes ( rough out).
My question relates to the presence or absence of rivets on the front quarters of the uppers. According to At The Front, the rivets only appeared on the very first cap toe version and were discontinued after about six months and all shoes thereafter came with plain toes and no rivets. WWII Impressions has a similar shoe with rivets, so which is correct. The shoes in question are the issue shoes for the AAF and Army, not the USMC “Boondockers”.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Is one style correct, or are they both normal variants?


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[Steve27752]

Bearing in mind that this is primarily a Vintage Leather jacket group. someone will know the answer.
However in the meantime why not go here and introduce yourself?
https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/forums/member-bios.21/

 

[jack31916]

I’ve been looking at sites that sell reproduction WWII Reverse upper service shoes ( rough out).
My question relates to the presence or absence of rivets on the front quarters of the uppers. According to At The Front, the rivets only appeared on the very first cap toe version and were discontinued after about six months and all shoes thereafter came with plain toes and no rivets. WWII Impressions has a similar shoe with rivets, so which is correct. The shoes in question are the issue shoes for the AAF and Army, not the USMC “Boondockers”.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Is one style correct, or are they both normal variants?


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Both styles are correct and used in WW2.

Check these links to the U.S. Militaria forum for more info:

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/85513-feet-dont-fail-me-now/

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/237904-wwii-roughout-boots/

Regards,

 

[Arthur]

Bearing in mind that this is primarily a Vintage Leather jacket group. someone will know the answer.
However in the meantime why not go here and introduce yourself?
https://www.vintageleatherjackets.org/forums/member-bios.21/

Thanks Steve.
Actually I have been a member here since 2008. I was pretty active back then, but I got involved in other things. I don’t know if the forum went through changes over the years, but my posts aren’t around anymore.
I will go to the new member section and reintroduce myself.


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