Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model Infantry Regiment Dress Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. with Red Plume VHS 6000 from the Henry Rifled

6000 from the Henry Rifled Barrel Co 17th March 1897

The buckle is embossed with the Heer motto GOTT MIT UNS ("God with us") surrounding a Weimar German Eagle

The M853A1/816 is equipped with the M772 Mechanical Time Fuze which functions at a user-specified time after launch

The Barrel and action retain much original brown/blue finish

it is a GUNOME (zig zag) shape

Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model Infantry Regiment Dress Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. with Red Plume VHS 6000 from the Henry RifledOriginal 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