Original U.S. Model 1881 Artillery Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Category_Receiver Top Cover The Breech Block is DATED

The Breech Block is DATED 1866 over an Eagle head cartouche

The regiment saw action around the areas of Radziechów

on the barrel

and a mostly bright finish

Before WWI

Original U.S. Model 1881 Artillery Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Category_Receiver Top Cover The Breech Block is DATEDOriginal Item: One Only. 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 British.