Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles and the leather chin strap

and the leather chin strap

While the number 22 is painted onto the blade's tang

It was made of plastic material called "Tenite II"

The leather is decorated and worked with intricate designs and it has crocodile skin wrapped around the fittings

Original U.S. WWII Army Airborne T-5 Parachute and T-5 Reserve Parachute - War Time and Post-War Rigging Components Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles and the leather chin strapOriginal 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