Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. British Machine Guns " ("Twice I've stood and

" ("Twice I've stood and overcome on the Marne

which included a lack of muzzle smoke to reveal the position of the user

There is an original tailor label to the interior pocket

IL came home as part of Company K

The muzzle has also been counter-bored in about 3/8 of an inch

Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. British Machine Guns " ("Twice I've stood andOriginal 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.