Original U.S. Indian War Period 1881 Pattern Dress Helmet for Mounted Cavalry with Photo Plate Lanchester SMG It is goldenrod and black

It is goldenrod and black silk floss embroidered on gray-green wool felt with an embroidered applied "Trier" city identification

The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns

Wärtsilä was capable of delivering complete helmets to the army

000 of these Rifles were ever made and the survivability rate has been relatively low so these rarely come up for sale

The black detailed

Original U.S. Indian War Period 1881 Pattern Dress Helmet for Mounted Cavalry with Photo Plate Lanchester SMG It is goldenrod and blackOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a pattern 1881 U. S. Dress helmet with white horsehair plume which represented mounted cavalry. It is a black felt dress helmet, with patent leather edging and hat band. The gold plated, brass helmet plate, consists of the U. S. Eagle and Shield insignia. The eagle has arrows (broken) in left talon and olive branch in right talon. The crown has the white horse hair plume and there are gold side buttons. Felt