Original U.S. WWII Camouflage Auxiliary “Pilot Chute” Parachute with Rigging & Navy Marking - Dated March 1943 Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets This helmet is stamped 566A

This helmet is stamped 566A

but no other markings that we can see

The water reservoir on the back looks to be made from brass

forming a one-inch square

where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars)

Original U.S. WWII Camouflage Auxiliary “Pilot Chute” Parachute with Rigging & Navy Marking - Dated March 1943 Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets This helmet is stamped 566AOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely small parachute often called a Pilot Chute that was designed to open upon activation of the main chute to drag the main chute out and away to be opened. The chute retains its markings: PART NO. AN69310 HAYES MFG. CORP. DATE MAR 1943 (US ANCHOR) It retains most of its rigging and is in great shape overall. The first pilot chute we have offered, ready for further research and display.