Original Item. Only One Available. This is a heavily-worn display set of M1943 Double Buckle Service boots in worn condition. They are mismatched, sizes 10C & 9½D, but will look fine for display. One boot is named on the interior to Edward T. Michalak, Service Number 46083261, a good research project.

Both boots are in service-worn condition with heavy wear to the russet finish. One of the boots looks much more worn than the other. They both retain their full shoelaces, and the soles of both shoes are worn down from use, one marked GOODYEAR and the other PANCO. Both shoes retain their buckles which are all in great functioning condition. They are both near void of markings besides their sizes.

This is a heavily worn and mismatched pair of M1943 boots, ready for further research and display.

The composition sole combat service boot, or "double buckle boot" as it is commonly known, originated as part of a project to create a universal combat uniform. Revised footwear was included in this project that was hoped to provide improved performance in the field while at the same time reducing the number of items the Quartermaster had to supply. In fact, a major impetus to bring the combat boot to fruition was the result of the poor performance of existing footwear during the early stages of the North African campaign. Though early combat boot experimentation looked at new designs and special purposes, the end result was a universal issue boot that was formed by combining the latest service shoe development with a simple and economical double buckle cuff. Approved by the Army Service Forces in 1943, the boot was being mass produced during the latter stages of the war, and by late 1944/early 1945 was being issued in quantity to troops overseas. These boots were also seen being issued during the Korean War alongside the M48 service boots.