Help me identify these vintage shoes and re-sole?

Soo....   I've lurked for a while but have always been too intimidated to post.  I bought these nearly new at a thrift store in LA for $2 about 10 years ago.  Wore them every day as my work shoe until the salt from a couple too many midwestern winters took it's toll.  Since then they have been my daily "casual shoe."  I've searched and understand that I'll probably be punished for either letting these go or wearing such junk but.... I'd like to have them re-soled since they have been through so much with me.  Most of the damage/patina has been caused by drunken misadventure (some involving fire) and I'm just not ready to give them up.  They might be a junk/cheap shoe?  I'm not sure but at the time I only knew that shoes with a goodyear-looking sole and full leather construction were usually good quality.

What brand of shoe is this?  What kind of sole?  What do I look for to find someone that can re-sole them and not screw them up?

Here's the unique details that I know:

Green stitching on the inside.  This is probably the biggest clue?  They have 5 nails in the arches.  No other visible markings that I can notice besides the size info.  Crappy cell-phone pictures below.

You guys are awesome!  After googling florsheim imperials I found some photos of a green oval inside of the heel....  My shoes have that!  (Even though the green stitching inside of the oval is completely gone.)  Very surprised that I've never noticed that detail before!  Even more surprising is that when these shoes wore out as my "dress/work" shoes I replaced them with a pair of Florsheim Chatoms.  Unknown to me, I've become a lifetime Florsheim wearer.....

I'm also glad that I wasn't ridiculed that much for continuing to wear these on a daily basis.  Up until my feet came through the bottom they did see regular use.  I do use some superfeet insoles but left them out of these photos since they weren't going to help identify them.  I'll get in touch with Nick V after the new year and see how to proceed.  I have a cobbler down the street from me but I'm terrified that someone might try to "restore" these shoes and completely undermine the 10 years that I've already spent destroying them.   ;)

Winters up here (northern WI) are typically spent with my feet alternating between my Red Wing Iron Rangers and (on bad days) Sorel 1964s. 

Oh... and the drunken misadventures that really gave these shoes some "character" involved large bonfires and contests to see who could walk through them the slowest.  You'd be surprised what a healthy dose of jim beam, selvedge denim and $2 florsheim imperials can endure. 

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Originally Posted by kungapa 

If you could have the uppers re-done with a clear finish, these will look amazing. The wear and tear would be visible through the finish, but you'd be able to polish them up having a shine on top of the patina. Also, considering your location, perhaps you'd want to have a dainite sole put in instead of leather soles.

This is hard to visualize.  Something about them being shiny just wouldn't seem right to me?

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Originally Posted by viator 

How did you not wear through the sole before this? You wore them almost every day for 10 years!

I think it's because being in northern WI, there isn't a lot of miles put on shoes.  If I lived in a city, I'm sure they would have worn out much sooner.