Original U.S. M1881 Army Artillery Dress Plumed size 6 7/8 Pith Helmet by Wm H. Horstmann Lock Assembly The interior tag at the

The interior tag at the collar as well as the small cloth tag to the interior right front pocket list the jacket as a SIZE 38

This was followed in production by the Ki-21-Ic with a 500 L (130 US gal) auxiliary fuel tank

Ball Gunner Robert Erfurth San Antonio

Bomber production was heralded in the summer of 1935 by the He 111V4 and a pre-series batch of He 111A-0s

but would often be personized with a monogram

Original U.S. M1881 Army Artillery Dress Plumed size 6 7/8 Pith Helmet by Wm H. Horstmann Lock Assembly The interior tag at theOriginal Item: One Only. Much like our European cousins in the 1880s, the U. S. Army started to adopted spiked helmets, sometimes 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. This helmet is in black, and it really is quite striking. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but instead one intended for use with the