Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock – Captain Perry and Lieutenant

– Captain Perry and Lieutenant Kyle

The Charge of the Light Brigade immortalized in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson in 1870 about the great charge made by the British Light Cavalry during the Crimean War against the Tsar's Russian Army in 1854

or the 24th Ersatz (Replacement) Grenadier Battalion

complete with the correct WWII Issue M7 scabbard

were by that time

Original U.S. Model 1881 5th Artillery Officer’s Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by J.H. McKenney & Co. Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock – Captain Perry and LieutenantOriginal Item: One Only. 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 British.