Original U.S. M1881 Army 3rd Infantry Dress Plumed Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1897 Original Machine Gun Part Sets with some past light oxidation

with some past light oxidation overall

The same holds true for the 1909 date as that appears on the top cover brass plate on the Argentine contract guns

for its domestic services

Modèle 1945 helmet and American-supplied M1 Helmet

the hat was then issued to EDDIE V

Original U.S. M1881 Army 3rd Infantry Dress Plumed Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1897 Original Machine Gun Part Sets with some past light oxidationOriginal Item: One Only. Much like our European cousins in the 1880s, the U. S. Army started to adopted spiked pith helmets, often in white, with all brass mounts and occasionally plumes. These saw active service in the Spanish American War of 1898 especially in the tropical climate in Cuba. This helmet is dated NOV. 29 1897 on the underside of the liner, and it really is quite striking. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but