Blue suede shoes worn by Elvis Presley early in his career are anticipated to sell for around £120,000 (€141,736) at an auction on Friday.

The king of rock’n’roll wore the footwear on and off stage during the ‘50s, including during his appearance on the Steve Allen show in the US, where he sang 'Hound Dog'.

The singer had acquired them after performing 'Blue Suede Shoes' by Carl Perkins on his eponymous debut album, and have previously been displayed in various museums.

The shoes are expected to fetch between £100,000 and £120,000 when they are sold by auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire.

The auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “They are as iconic as they can be.

“'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Hound Dog', these are things that you think of immediately when you talk about Elvis Presley, they almost transcend popular culture. They are just an exceptional piece of show business, music and popular culture memorabilia.”

Presley gave the size 10.5 shoes to his friend and branch manager, Alan Fortas, after the singer was called into the army.

Aldridge said: “When Elvis was joined up for the American army he had a get together at Graceland. Elvis called some of these people upstairs and was giving away some of the clothes he didn’t think he’d need or want when he came back from the army.”

Aldridge also said the shoes had been verified by Jimmy Velvet, a close friend of Presley and a leading authority on the singer.

The song 'Blue Suede Shoes' was written and first recorded by Perkins in 1955 with its now renowned refrain “don’t you step on my blue suede shoes”.

Presley recorded the song in 1956 and it appears as the opening track of his debut album Elvis Presley.

Last year, the auction house sold a mink coat previously owned by Presley for £128,000 (€151,257) to a US collector.