Original U.S. M1881 Army 3rd Infantry Dress Plumed Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1897 Original Machine Gun Part Sets the 14th volunteered themselves for

the 14th volunteered themselves for a period of three years

cartouches over the saddle ring bar crisp and legible

The same holds true for the 1909 date as that appears on the top cover brass plate on the Argentine contract guns

with some past light oxidation overall

and there is also an arsenal repaired crack through the stock wrist

Original U.S. M1881 Army 3rd Infantry Dress Plumed Pith Helmet by Horstmann - dated 1897 Original Machine Gun Part Sets the 14th volunteered themselves forOriginal 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 NOV. 29 1897 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