Original U.S. M1881 Army Infantry Dress Plumed size 7 1/8 Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1898 Restoration Materials Red basket liner with wire-bound

Red basket liner with wire-bound leather grip and engraved fullered blade complete with all steel nickel-plated scabbard

1877 – May 27

more that 2 inches of new steel inserted then all welded into a non-functional non-gun

The wood stock is quality walnut and the mounts are all iron

Original U.S. M1881 Army Infantry Dress Plumed size 7 1/8 Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1898 Restoration Materials Red basket liner with wire-boundOriginal 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. This helmet is dated SEP. 22 1898 on the underside of the liner, and it really is quite striking. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but