Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model New York 65th Infantry Regiment Dress Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Dated 1902 Hotchkiss .303 This is a wonderful uniform

This is a wonderful uniform jacket and visor attributed to Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse

The third Army consisted of three corps (III

the tail of the lock plate is still clearly marked SPRING / FIELD / 1845

but more likely never used)

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Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model New York 65th Infantry Regiment Dress Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Dated 1902 Hotchkiss .303 This is a wonderful uniformOriginal Item: One Only 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 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