Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Officers Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. - Size 7 Original Machine Guns Original Items: Few Available

Original Items: Few Available

It is marked just above the trigger pin with a stylized A

This type of lock would be employed by passing the slide bar through staples or eyes on a pair of doors or a single door and the jamb

The patch is in very clean crisp condition

Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Officers Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. - Size 7 Original Machine Guns Original Items: Few AvailableOriginal Item: One Only. 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. 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