Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. British Machine Guns “National-Sozialistiche-D

“National-Sozialistiche-D

IL came home as part of Company K

The fiber helmet was originally designed by Jesse Hawley in the early 1930s

which included a lack of muzzle smoke to reveal the position of the user

with clear lands and grooves and a partly bright finish

Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. British Machine Guns “National-Sozialistiche-DOriginal 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.