Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Infantry Enlisted Man Spiked Pith Helmet by Bent & Bush of Boston U.S. Civil War five days later

five days later

These cans were designed to use in transit and store an entire paratrooper parachute kit with harness and bag for WWII Fallschirmjäger (Paratroopers)

the train pulls off the tracks and onto some side rails to allow a troop train to pass

the title was renamed as the Marineoberkommando der Nordsee

Stationed at Cairo

Original U.S. Model 1881 Army Infantry Enlisted Man Spiked Pith Helmet by Bent & Bush of Boston U.S. Civil War five days laterOriginal 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