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Vintage Wooden Shoes Clogs With Wartime Grant For Free Entry Into US WWII Gift

$ 11.61

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)

    Description

    These are a pair of wooden clog shoes bought as a wartime gift by service member Lawrence “Larry” Otto. The shoes come with the original paper signed by Lt. Peter P. Lucca stating free entry into the US under public law 790.
    Mr. Otto served in the Army during WWII in the European Theater in England, France, and Germany. He was a combat veteran with Company A, 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion from 1942-1945. He served in the glider troop and was honorably discharged on Oct. 3, 1945.
    The shoes are a size 5 US.