by Boots Blogger | Oct 16, 2018 | Historical & Vintage
At Jean Gaborit we go to great lengths to ensure that our historical reenactment boots are thegenuine article, authentic down to the tiniest detail. It’s not always easy. Generations pass, old skills and methods die out, and the paintings and photos we’re left to work...
by Boots Blogger | Oct 16, 2018 | Historical & Vintage
Wellington’s were not the only stylish boots on the ground at Waterloo. Somewhat overshadowed by the Iron Duke – at least in the popular English retelling of the story of Waterloo – is the gallant Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, whose timely...
by Boots Blogger | Oct 16, 2018 | Historical & Vintage
Spot the original – the trench boot on the left is 98 years old, having been made in 1917 for a young French soldier fighting in the cold muddy trenches of World War I. Built to last, they saw two years of hard service and unimaginable horrors on the front lines and...
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