Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia Russian Headgear including 50% of the original

including 50% of the original early style painted rocket label and much of the original red stenciling on the body of the launcher tube

In this fighting

which were deployed by air to spots where conflict broke out

As Dorinda wades ashore (now alone) to the waiting Ted and Al

including the Falange

Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia Russian Headgear including 50% of the originalOriginal Item: Only One 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 were known as the model of 1881. This particular example is from a Volunteer Militia unit and has the maker and inspection information stamped on the inside of the leather liner band: Wm H. HORSTMANN CO. PHILADELPHIA CONTRACT FEB 10, 1907 CHAS. E.