Original U.S. Indian Wars US Army Signal Corps M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With Plume French Gun Magazines and has earphone avionics installed

and has earphone avionics installed

and specialized in exporting iron- and steelware to South America and Cuba from the 1880s until the 1940s

On 14 February 1945

which is dated 1940 and size marked 57

with remnants of the rigging on some

Original U.S. Indian Wars US Army Signal Corps M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With Plume French Gun Magazines and has earphone avionics installedOriginal 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.