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Klaus Märtens was a doctor in the German Army during World War II. After he injured his ankle, while skiing, in 1945, [3] he found that his standard-issue army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured foot.
Who Is Klaus Martens? Klaus Marten, a common transliteration of his name, is the inventor of Doc Martens and was a doctor in the German Army during World War II. In the year 1945, Marten, at age 25, returned to Madrid after the war with an injured foot.
The story then switched to post-war Munich, 1945 and Dr. Klaus Maertens, a 25-year-old soldier. While convalescing from a broken foot he created a unique air-cushioned sole (rather than the traditional hard leather sole) to aid his recovery.
Sep 20, 2021 · While these brogans can currently be found in just about any color, the original black Dr. Marten boot traces its roots back to World War II, when Klaus Märtens, then a 25-year-old doctor in the...
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Aug 27, 2018 · The Dr. Martens story begins in 1945. Dr. Klaus Maertens, a twenty-five-year-old soldier, had returned to Munich after the second World War nursing a broken foot. Finding the generic leather-soled footwear too harsh during his recovery, Maertens made an air-cushioned sole that would provide more cushioning and traction.
Apr 4, 2010 · Klaus Maertens has invented an air-cushioned sole. On leave during World War II, Maertens injures his ankle skiing. His army-issued boots are torture, so he designs a pair with finer leather...
German doctor Klaus Märtens was used to wearing his standard-issue military boots during his time in the army. But the boots became unbearable after he broke his foot skiing in 1945. They were too stiff and uncomfortable on his injured foot. So Märtens took matters into his own hands.
