D-Ring for parachute ripcord : Royal Air Force

Accession Number REL30459
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Steel
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Steel 'D' Ring parachute pull as used on Second World War chest- and seat-type parachutes. The ring has a hole drilled through the centre of its longest side, through which the ripcord would have been inserted. A small illegible stamp is impressed into the metal near the hole.

History / Summary

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