Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia U.S. Military Maps The side of the head

The side of the head still has the original stenciled instructions: VOR GEBRAUCH SPRENGKAPSEL EINSETZEN

34th Division Commander

The leather hatband clearly stamped in black:

Generals Eisenhower

Original U.S. M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet with Plume for Volunteer Militia U.S. Military Maps The side of the headOriginal Item: Only One 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 were known as the model of 1881. This particular example is from a Volunteer Militia unit and has the maker and inspection information stamped on the inside of the leather liner band: Wm H. HORSTMANN CO. PHILADELPHIA CONTRACT FEB 10, 1907 CHAS. E.