Original U.S. Model 1881 “1st Infantry Company C” Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. MG 42 The top of the octagonal

The top of the octagonal barrel still has traces of the original barrel markings

The book includes a price list

so we cannot determine the precise regiment this bayonet was issued to

Army as the KF-2(1) this is a genuine early WW2 1940s era Bell & Howell 35mm motion picture camera complete with the original U

Original U.S. Model 1881 “1st Infantry Company C” Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. MG 42 The top of the octagonalOriginal 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.