Small piece of silk parachute fabric stamped with the logo of the Dominion Parachute

Place Oceania: Australia
Accession Number REL/18647
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Silk
Maker Light Aircraft Pty Ltd
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Small piece of white silk parachute canopy fabric stamped in black with the logo of the Dominion Parachute. Logo shows a jumping kangaroo wearing a parachute against the backdrop of a cloud. Above i, in a scroll, is 'DOMINION'; beneath it, in a scroll, 'I JUMP TO LIVE'. Fabric is also stamped 'AID 36 SER NO 3422 D OF M 18 SEP 1941'.

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