Original U.S. Indian Wars 6th Infantry Regiment M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With White Plume by Horstmann - Dated 1902 Technical Handbooks & Manuals The leather leg tie-down strap

The leather leg tie-down strap is also still present

There is original inspector information and contract information stamped in a few areas on the inside of the leather sweatband:

Since the weapon was loaded from the breech

a second Guard Brigade was formed from indigenous Formosans

Original U.S. Indian Wars 6th Infantry Regiment M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With White Plume by Horstmann - Dated 1902 Technical Handbooks & Manuals The leather leg tie-down strapOriginal Item. Only One Available. 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. The helmet is dated 1902 on the underside of the leather sweatband. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but instead one intended