Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne 1944-Dated Rigging by Hayes Mfg. Co. with High Quality Reproduction T-5 Reserve Parachute Ammunition This indicates 1941 manufacture by

This indicates 1941 manufacture by Gebr

The venerable M-1 steel helmet was supplied in large quantities by the US to the Saudis in the 1960s and 70s

In overall good condition this has been fully cleaned and is ready to display

The large-bladed fighting navaja or santólio was eventually refined into a pattern named the navaja sevillana

' meaning that the rear of the cylinder was turned to a smaller diameter than the front

Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne 1944-Dated Rigging by Hayes Mfg. Co. with High Quality Reproduction T-5 Reserve Parachute Ammunition This indicates 1941 manufacture byOriginal 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