The plot thickens!
Using a Plutonium P32 electron discriminating microscope (in other words, a magnifying glass) I have found the name RITSCH on the zipper pulls. GW Bell of Bell's Aviation has been helping me with the ID through the Yahoo flight gear collector's group. He has learned Ritsch was a German manufacturer. Still, the design does not jive with any Luftwaffe gear I have seen in any reference book. (Not that the books cover everything!) This does, however, bring back the possibility of pre-war (or post-war?) civilian boots.
Keep thinking gang and I will let you know anything else I find out!
Tom
