Black boots with "recommended by the HJ" label on sole

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Hello guys :clap2:
What do you think of this shoe? This is the original? To what form they suit?

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Just a couple of points viki:

IRUS and Baltes were period makers so that's positive. However...

The Baltes paper label says 1942. By this time it had been six years since Hitler Youth footwear had been standardised. Such footwear was also marked in accordance with RZM requirements. The paper label says that the boots are of the specification "recommended by the HJ" but they are black and therefore can not be regulation boots. The Marine-HJ did wear a black ankle boot but it had a different specification to yours.

One boot has a Th Baltes label but the other has an IRUS stamp. These were different shoe manufacturers so unless there is an IRUS stamp under the Baltes paper label then the logical explanation is that these boots are not a pair. However, even if there is an IRUS stamp under the label then we have to assume that these two separate companies either:

decided to work together for some as yet unknown reason OR
the label has been added post-war to increase the value of the boots.
 
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