Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era US Army Model 1881 Sun Helmet With Model 1895 “Summer White” Undress Tunic - 2 Items Feed Block Assembly Lieutenant Keith N

Lieutenant Keith N

Original Item: Found after years of storage in our own warehouse

It comes complete with its heavy leather scabbard with internal brass bottom mount and internally mounted frog loop

The Triplett & Scott was a rather unusual piece during its era

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era US Army Model 1881 Sun Helmet With Model 1895 “Summer White” Undress Tunic - 2 Items Feed Block Assembly Lieutenant Keith NOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. The Spanish American War of 1898 was brief, with relatively few battle casualties, but epidemic disease, especially typhoid fever, devastated the volunteer troops. Post war investigations and commissions generated better understanding of the problem of asymptomatic carriers and a series of recommendations that greatly improved military medicine. The new practices, including the development of a typhoid vaccine,