Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Infantry Officers Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock - Size 7 1/8 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock There are some small missing

There are some small missing chunks on the front of the foregrip on both sides

arriving in Natal in 1877

however we unfortunately have no way to verify this

Wehrkreis IV

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Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Infantry Officers Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock - Size 7 1/8 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock There are some small missingOriginal 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