A perfect and scrace example of a carrying case with five white rayon based identification panels as used by the British Airborne Pathfinder units

I was lucky enough to find a nice example of a carrying case with five white identification panels as used by the British wartime Airborne Pathfinder units. These identification panels were used by the British Pathfinder units, like the XXIst Independent Parachute Company during the Battle of Arnhem, who were dropped in just before de big Airborne armade had to land, to mark the various LZ's (Landing Zone's) and DZ's(Dropping Zone's) see the last photograph. These five white 'silk like' rayon based (rayon is a artificial silk like material, a precursor of nylon) identification panels are still bound together with a small piece of rope and comes in a khaki coloured sort of webbing material based carrying case. Each of these five identification panels are measuring approximately 4.60m by 0.90m and are all five including the carrying case 1945 dated and were fabricated by H&S (Hampton and Sons) Ltd. Each of these five identification panels has eight metal based pens ie. tent pegs (still bound together in a piece of wax paper) attached by a piece of, what looks like parachute rigger lines, to be secured to the ground of the various LZ's and DZ's. The whole set (carrying case, with its original storage label attached and panels) are in a perfect and un-issued condition exept from some minimal staining and 'dirt' simply caused by years of storage and/or moderate wear. This set is a great addition to any Special Forces collection and would be a great 'eye catcher' at any British Airborne static display at a re-enactment event.

A excellent book about the 21st Independent Parachute Company during their 1942-1946 history had been published since 2008 by Peter Gijbels and David Truesdale called "Leading the way to Arnhem" published by R.N.Sigmond Publishing

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