Original U.S. Indian Wars 7th Cavalry M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet Complete with Dress Plume & Cords Snider Rifle Parts plus other Guards service units

plus other Guards service units were added

probably the rack number for this particular rifle

and was sent to France in September 1939

- Original brass SNLF insignia on front of helmet shell

Original U.S. Indian Wars 7th Cavalry M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet Complete with Dress Plume & Cords Snider Rifle Parts plus other Guards service unitsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Much like our European cousins in the 1880's, 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 the famous 7th Cavalry Regiment, the same unit of George Armstrong Custer. The helmet is complete with original horsehair plume and correct cavalry yellow cording and lanyard aguilette.