Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia Russian Headgear A wonderful display item for

A wonderful display item for any household with Scottish roots

It may well have been one of the LAST SNIDER Rifles to be constructed for Military use in that it is dated 1871

except on the blade ricasso

The barrel of only 33"

including 50% of the original early style painted rocket label and much of the original red stenciling on the body of the launcher tube

Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia Russian Headgear A wonderful display item forOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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 were known as the model of 1881. This particular example is from a Volunteer Militia unit and has the maker and inspection information stamped on the inside of the leather liner band: Wm H. HORSTMANN CO. PHILADELPHIA CONTRACT FEB 10, 1907 CHAS. E.