Original British Victorian Boer War 1877 Colonial Pattern Sun Helmet Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Admiral Badger

Admiral Badger

manufactured in 1916

Bucentaure hosted the Franco-Spanish war council while sheltered from the British fleet at Cadiz

or "Stielhandgranate 24" that is almost impossible to tell from an original

Size 68 shells are incredibly hard to find and are therefore most valuable to a collector

Original British Victorian Boer War 1877 Colonial Pattern Sun Helmet Category_Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Admiral BadgerOriginal Item: Only One Available. Authorized in June of 1877 the regulation Foreign Service Helmet, was made of cork and covered in white cloth with six seams. It was worn throughout the empire, and this pattern remained in use until replaced by the Wolseley pattern helmet. This is the "classic" pattern of British sun helmet of the latter decades of the 19th century. The sun or "pith" helmet originated in India around the time of the Mutiny, but was