Original U.S. Model 1881 “Summer White” Dress Spiked Pith Helmet Attributed to Horstmann Bros & Co of Philadelphia Original Display Machine Guns winged prop devices

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The sweatband and the interior crown still retains the 7 ⅛ size labels

would not have come under that regulation

Original U.S. Model 1881 “Summer White” Dress Spiked Pith Helmet Attributed to Horstmann Bros & Co of Philadelphia Original Display Machine Guns winged prop devicesOriginal 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