Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Gift Card and a limited number were

and a limited number were issued to light cavalry

Tad went out to "no man's land" and brought the German back to the aid station

Some volunteers were attached to these existing regiments and some joined new regular regiments

the majority of supplies to the Chinese were delivered via airlift over the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains known as the Hump

Middle East and African theatres until May 1945

Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Gift Card and a limited number wereOriginal Item: One Only Available. Much like our European cousins in the 1880s, the U. S. Army started to adopt 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. While often referred to as "pith helmets" in the broad sense, it was made from cork, like many European variants, such as the Wolseley pattern used by the