Rope soled overshoe, Coast Artillery Gun Crews, Royal Artillery, sealed pattern

Rope soled overshoe with brown leather strap and metal buckle. Clothing Inspection Division label noting that the sealed pattern was made obsolete by Clothing Directorate Overboot Net, 1946.

Coast Artillery gun crews were often employed working on concrete gun positions, and also stood on steel parts of guns and mountings. These shoes were designed to stop them from slipping, which could occur with standard issue leather boots with steel hob nails. These overshoes became obsolete on the abolition of Coast Artillery in 1956.