Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper’s Drop Rope Bundle Unissued in Original Coil - Second Pattern German Machine Guns This was a versatile jacket

This was a versatile jacket amongst Soviet troops and identical ones were popular attire for the NKVD

The bottom of the interior is leather lined to stop the magazines from tearing the canvas

with only light scratching and swirling from polishing

awkward ramming-rod every time one loaded)

but also senior officers of the KNIL and the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee wore this style headgear

Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper’s Drop Rope Bundle Unissued in Original Coil - Second Pattern German Machine Guns This was a versatile jacketOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a stellar example of a WWII American paratroopers drop rope unissued in its original coil position with small white strings tying them together. This is the first example we have been able to offer, and there is very little reference to them. There are two models of these, this being the later second model that was meant to be less slippery. These can be discerned by the yellow tape around both ends. Page 56