Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Snider Rifle with survivors finished off with

with survivors finished off with bayonets

under the arm and across the chest

showing the underlying rope and wood base

including the two hammer

This is absolutely original and authentic and also Extremely rare

Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Snider Rifle with survivors finished off withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The T 5 parachute was standardized in June 1941 and many of these first pattern chutes were heavily employed in all theaters of action. They saw extensive use in training, the early airborne operations in North Africa & Sicily, as well as the daylight drop of Operation Dragoon in Southern France. White T 5's remained standard throughout the war in the Pacific theater of operations such as Nadzab, Noemfoor, and