PatlaborUnit1 wrote: |
and MUCH different than what one reenactor supply place claims to be the ONLY boot issued. |
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Trusting vendors is tough sledding even on the coldest days <G>
Not helping is that MC supply went through all sorts of tribulations during the war, there not being a QMC, per se (in naval service, a Quartermaster is a navigator, not a Supply maven <G>).
The rough-side-out low shoe is what my researches have shown to be the 'sposed-to issue. Except that the rough surface will burnish dow a bit, and look just like smooth leather in photos. Leggings are hard to pin down in color, too--they were often bleached with seawater to look older than they were (and the owner more experienced thereby). The three sets I have run from a pale tan to a very mustardy khaki (the pristine Size 5s having that hint of olive that does not seem to last one contemporary washing).
USN issued the same shoe, just in black, too. Gets clear as mud.