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The service shoe was the standard Army footwear in the 1930's and into WWII. They were to be worn alone for garrison duty and with canvas leggings in the field.
Designed in the 1930's with an emphasis on comfort and good appearance, these shoes were found to be lacking in durability for field and combat use. In May 1941, the Type I's were introduced. They attempted to address the durability problems of the previous models by having thicker soles and minor improvements in construction. However, their leather soles wore out just as quickly, so these were superseded by the Type II's within a few months.
(Note: Some original Type I's have stacked leather heels while others use rubber.)
ATF's Shoes: Our reproductions are an entirely new product, exclusive to us, developed from original examples in our collection. We teamed up with an American work boot company who has production facilities overseas as we can no longer get these made in the USA. The final product is nearly indistinguishable to the previous shoes that were made here.
Made on a Munson last, with grain side out russet brown leather, cap toes with brogue holes, leather soles and rubber heel. They're correctly size stamped inside and out, with WWII contractor markings roll stamped inside.
I chose to create a retro looking ATF company logo for the heels. The other choices were leave them blank (boring), copy a WWII maker name and risk legal problems or seek out a trademark licensing agreement: been-there-done-that-hell-no-never-again. If the fact that we didn't make soles in 1941 is problematic for one's time warp, just remember that they'll wear off.
Sizes: 8-13, in half sizes, D or EE widths.
Note! The factory marked wides as "2E" rather than "EE". Annoying, but they mean the same thing.
Custom sizes are not possible.
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