Original U.S. 22nd New York State National Guard Model 1881 Infantry Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Dated 1900 German Gun Magazines with one mounting hole in

with one mounting hole in the squared off tang where there is a ANCHOR stamp and painted signature

and in the savage seesaw battle which followed

It still has most of the original green paint

with no cracking or other damage that we can see

during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee

Original U.S. 22nd New York State National Guard Model 1881 Infantry Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Dated 1900 German Gun Magazines with one mounting hole inOriginal 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.