Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Availability_International Specifications:Blade Length: 10"Blade Style: Single

Specifications:Blade Length: 10"Blade Style: Single Edged with FullerOverall length: 14 1/2“Crossguard: 3 1/2”Scabbard Length: 11 1/4"

with a lovely black horn checkered butt plate

Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishment

Although the medal itself had not changed since 1884

The distance from the upper side of the flag to the center of the star is 1⁄8 of the flag's height

Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Availability_International Specifications:Blade Length: 10"Blade Style: SingleOriginal 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