British, WW2, 1942 Dated, Commando Ski Snowshoes. - MISC 1017 British, WW2, 1942 Dated, Commando Ski Snowshoes. - MISC 1017 Antique & Militaria

These are a pair of British commando, WW2, 1942 dated ski snowshoes. The snowshoes are stamped with the makers monogram UCLtd, 1942 (date) and a crowfoot over W over 61. The shoes consist of a bent steamed horseshoe shape riveted together with a short wooden ski screwed to the bottom. The shoes are laced with thin rope under a piece of webbing and the fastening consists of webbing laced through iron hoops attached to the snowshoes and a steel buckle. The shoes are in excellent condition and measure 29 inches by 8 ½ inches and were designed to allow the commandos to walk or slide on snow and would have been useful in the Norway and Italian campaigns. The shoes would have been worn with a white smock and other cold weather gear. See page 56 in ‘The World War II TOMMY British Army Uniforms European Theatre 1939 – 45 in Colour Photographs by Martin Brayley & Richard Ingram’ for winter equipment. The price includes U.K. delivery. MISC 1017