Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model New York Cavalry Regiment Dress Helmet With Plume - Size 11 Russian Documents Books The upper sling swivel is

The upper sling swivel is still present

There are no markings on the crossguard

so military issue knives with their marking are quite rare

Other than that

Original U.S. Indian Wars 1881 Model New York Cavalry Regiment Dress Helmet With Plume - Size 11 Russian Documents Books The upper sling swivel isOriginal 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