Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Snider Rifle This Civil War Grand Army

This Civil War Grand Army of the Republic uniform item of headgear is an original Federal cavalry officer’s Model 1875 chasseur-style’ kepi in nice condition

showing the underlying rope and wood base

many of these acts failed of proper recognition

with survivors finished off with bayonets

and currently the blade is relatively dull

Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Snider Rifle This Civil War Grand ArmyOriginal 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