Original U.S. Marine Corps Model 1892 Officer's Dress Spiked Helmet with Brass Ring Chin Strap Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts and next as a projectile

and next as a projectile on the subsequent shot

The buckle on the chinstrap is degraded and broken but still present

The slides are all standard 35mm size and they fit into a carousel slide projector

D108 and the interior

the UK controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies

Original U.S. Marine Corps Model 1892 Officer's Dress Spiked Helmet with Brass Ring Chin Strap Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts and next as a projectileOriginal Item: One Only. Much like our European cousins in the 1880s, the U. S. Armed Forces started to adopted spiked pith helmets, usually in dark navy blue or 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. This helmet dates to the early 1900s, and it really is quite striking. This is not the type of helmet that was worn in the field, but