boots and shoes

[augustin87r]

Hello,

I've been looking for a while over the pictures and discussions on this site , which i find very interesting. Now i decided to ask a question, maybe somebody can answer. (even if it's not related to WW2)

Since the description of the topic tells about ' equipment of infantry, cavalry, artillery, tank forces' etc [I] , maybe somebody can tell me where the boots of officers and soldiers were made during communism. Which factory? My dad has a brown pair because somebody gave it to him (officer i think). They have a stamp (made in romania) imprinted on the soles. It's a round stamp. I would like to know which factory was supplying our army with boots and shoes. And if it's still possible, i'll buy for the sake of history.

With best regards,
Augustin

[MMM]

There defintely was a factory in Bacău, "Partizanul" - at least until 1989 and a couple of years after that; then it renamed "Sonoma", privatized and got bankrupt or something. But for a couple of decades ante-1989, it surely manufactured soldier's boots! I remember some of them got to us, civilians and were highly appreciated! In those days, it was something

This post has been edited by MMM on March 01, 2010 04:31 pm