Original U.S. Model 1881 71st New York Guard Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Sales Full Brass Basket with brass

Full Brass Basket with brass wire-bound leather grip and vivid red wire reinforced basket liner

with head phones 10A/12401

was intended to be issued only to Machine Gun Units

1940 this is a wonderful pair of leather gauntlet gloves for a motorcyclist or an aviator

Original U.S. Model 1881 71st New York Guard Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Sales Full Brass Basket with brassOriginal Item: One Only Available. 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