Original U.S. M1881 Army Infantry Dress Plumed size 7 1/8 Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1898 British Lancer Bottom border of the poster

Bottom border of the poster reads:

There are also paint markings on the outside

which later dropped into Normandy on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division and suffered over 200 casualties in just two days

This example consists of a handle with a rubber grip

Steel tubes show storage/handling dents but are in good overall condition

Original U.S. M1881 Army Infantry Dress Plumed size 7 1/8 Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1898 British Lancer Bottom border of the posterOriginal 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