Original British Household Cavalry Helmet Horse Guard Red Horsehair Plume Assembly Hand Select:Yes 5-Inch Mountain Gun was made

5-Inch Mountain Gun was made with the barrel in two parts so that it could be broken down into loads that could be carried by animal transport

but had a more padded liner

WWII dated

In virtually all WWII German helmets you will also see the size stamp after the Manufacturing mark

Original British Household Cavalry Helmet Horse Guard Red Horsehair Plume Assembly Hand Select:Yes 5-Inch Mountain Gun was madeOriginal Item: Sold off by The British Ministry of Defense in the early 1990s these are the Original Horse Hair Plume Assemblies for the Life Guard Regiment (White) and The Royal Horse Guard Regiment (Red) which together make up The Household Cavalry. Constructed from genuine Horse Hair approximately 18" in length draped around a wooden "donut" mounted atop a central 9" metal rod, which is held in place by a hole down through the "spike" on the Helmet