Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Gift Card as the French and Indian

as the French and Indian War

the new squadron would upgrade to Nieuport 11s

The Fourteenth Regiment New York State Militia was officially constituted on 13 May 1847 when the New York State Legislature consolidated individual militia companies into regiments

Some volunteers were attached to these existing regiments and some joined new regular regiments

and a limited number were issued to light cavalry

Original U.S. Model 1881 69th Infantry Regiment (New York) Enlisted Dress Spiked Pith Helmet by Ridabock & Co. - Fighting Sixty-Ninth Gift Card as the French and IndianOriginal 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