Brogan (shoes)

[3] The word "brogue" is still used in Britain for a style of dress shoe, which may or may not have an ankle high top.

Brogans and brogan-like shoes and boots were adopted over time by various countries for wear by their military forces.

[5] These replaced the 1904 Russet Service Shoe, a brogan of a construction unsuitable to trench warfare or field duty in general.

These brogans were less expensive to manufacture than paired shoes, but they were very uncomfortable until broken in and often resulted in blisters.

Modifications to brogans were unsuccessful, and eventually abandoned in favor of higher topped combat boots.