Original U.S. M-1881 White Spiked Pith Helmet - Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Japanese Uniforms The front of the First

The front of the First Army

but they are actually merletts

600 DPs from the USSR and used them in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War

During the council

It was designed and developed by Rheinmetall in 1929–30 and entered service with the Wehrmacht in 1935

Original U.S. M-1881 White Spiked Pith Helmet - Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Japanese Uniforms The front of the FirstOriginal Item: One Only. 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. This particular example is from THE 8TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA Constructed of hard canvas over cork pith with leather headband and all brass mounts and includes original white leather chin strap. The brass helmet plate displayes the U. S. Spread Eagle emblem