Original U.S. Indian Wars Artillery M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With Plume WWII The celluloid diamond sweat shield

The celluloid diamond sweat shield is however completely missing

while its opponents used the terms fascistas (fascists) or facciosos (sectarians) to refer to this faction

in one case involving an argument over a key

helping to make Memorial Day a national holiday

The enemy did make a slight effort to infiltrate the lines that night

Original U.S. Indian Wars Artillery M-1881 Blue Cloth Spiked Pith Helmet With Plume WWII The celluloid diamond sweat shieldOriginal 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.