Original Item: Only One Available. This is an Original German Paratrooper (Fallschirmjäger) RZ 20 parachute, packed inside the original canvas carry bag, complete with handles and lift-the-dot closures. All of this is contained inside the original steel transit chest. The parachute is white silk and still retains the original suspension lines. It has however had some of the canopy cut off, and about half of the suspension lines are no longer attached. Most likely the silk was used to fashion something else before the parachute was found by a USGI.
The canopy is nicely marked:
Sprungfallschirm für Fallschirmtruppen
Schroeder & Co, Gerätnr: 10-2101 A-1
Anforderzeichen: FL 30272
Werk Nr.: 1635485
Schroeder & Co., Zwelgewerk Zwickau
2. OKT. 1942
BA
3499
Well, there you have it, an Original German Paratrooper’s RZ 40 1942 Dated Parachute nicely marked in the original carry bag and original transit chest. This is a collector’s dream, ready to research and display, if you have the room!