Original U.S. Indian Wars 6th Infantry Regiment M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With White Plume by Horstmann - Dated 1902 Spanish Flags That means this specimen was

That means this specimen was probably made around five years after the move to Kokura

where he was severely wounded on March 5

so this was almost certainly a bespoke example made for this particular officer at a local tailor

Soissons and Meuse-Argonne campaign

following the principle that “one hand finds the other

Original U.S. Indian Wars 6th Infantry Regiment M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With White Plume by Horstmann - Dated 1902 Spanish Flags That means this specimen wasOriginal Item. Only One Available. 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. The helmet is dated 1902 on the underside of the leather sweatband. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but instead one intended