View attachment 74476 View attachment 74477 View attachment 74478 View attachment 74479 View attachment 74480 View attachment 74481 View attachment 74482 View attachment 74483 View attachment 74484 hello again! I need help dating these men's boots. No markings inside. Could it be that the date on the sole of the chelsea boot is really the date that boot was made?!? I apologize if there are many shoes in this post but I didn' t want to invade the forum with my posts and take away attention from others!
I think the last one is a ski boot. I'm not a specialist, but they look older. I found a history of ski boots on this company website - yours look most like the 1940s model shown there: Code: https://www.heierling.ch/de/geschichte-skischuhmacher-tradition/erfinder-des-skischuhs-geschichte-der-firma-heierling
The first and last pair are both ski boots, the key aspect being the heavy duty construction, square nosed toe which slots into a similar cup on the skiis and the tongue with extended sides sewn in, which prevents snow getting in and soaking your socks. Both look 1940s-1950s. The second reminds me of some sort of short riding boot, from the one piece vamp construction, ankle strap and angle of the arch suggests the foot is pointed. The metal heel and toe plates are often added to military or uniformed service footwear though for marching in or to prolong heavy wear. The style of the brand's logo would not look out of place for 1930's to me...The quality does suggest they are not dress boots though, they are for a particular purpose. The third black pair with the double ankle buckles also looks military, but more like soliders or airman with the grip moulded sole and higher cut ankle. Harder to date because this sort of utiliarian style didn't change much, going by the general shape, materials used and metal parts I'd say between 1950s-1970s.
