I emailed Florsheim and a kind gentleman told me how to date Florsheim shoes.
Example of Inside marking; 81/2 D 614745 11 93602 IE.
IE portion shows the month and the year of manufacture.
" That code was applied at a factory of which we no longer use to produce
the shoes....so the code...
If I remember correctly, Aristocraft and Imperial were their top line looong times ago. At some time the old top-of-the-line Aristocraft and Imperial were renamed Crown Aristocraft and Royal Imperial respectively and then Aristocraft and Imperial became lesser lines.
Any idea when the change...
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