Original U.S. Model 1881 Artillery Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Lanchester SMG DSA 100-67-C-3637

DSA 100-67-C-3637

slightly used black pebble grain leather drop holster for the German used FN Model 1910/1922

prior to D-Day and did not make the jump

These were always intended to be tight but with 30 years shrinkage might need a bit of stretching with the use of a good leather oil

and has a mounting ring on the back for attaching to a wall

Original U.S. Model 1881 Artillery Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. Lanchester SMG DSA 100-67-C-3637Original 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.