Item ST 42027 Boots - Half Wellington, Victorian Permanent Artillery, 1893

Summary

Pair of black Half-Wellington boots with leather uppers and leather soles. Worn by an officer in the Victorian Permanent Artillery, 1893.

Half-Wellington boots are short boots named after the Duke of Wellington, the British military hero who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. They are generally water-repellant, traditionally made of leather with oak-tanned soles and rubber heels, and are sometimes leather-lined. - C.M. Calasibetta, 1988, Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion.

Physical Description

Pair of black boots with leather uppers and leather soles. Heels nailed on.