M 1889 US ARMY SUMMER HELMET – SOLDIER WHITENED AND TRIMMED WITH INFANTERY INSIGNIA

The body of this helmet still retains its full shape with no damage or crushing to the crown or the brim. As described above, the outer cotton khaki covering has been whitened, and is intact with no wear spots or tears, all of the seams are intact and the material is overall clean with minimal signs of age and storage. The inner lining of crown is fully intact with no heavy stains or wear. The leather sweat band is in very good condition

The helmet is trimmed with the silver dress helmet insignia – the spike and its oak leaf base, and the infantry eagle front plate. The insignia has made plain imprints in the surface of the cotton covering and the cork body of the helmet,

please look to the chin chain, I haven´t found a second one in this style !
This is a very nice example of one of the more unusual pieces of US Army headwear from the Indian War and Spanish American War periods, trimmed as it might have been worn on the parade field of such posts as Ft. Sam Houston, Texas; Ft. Apache, Arizona Territory; the Presidio of Monterey, California, or Santiago, Cuba.

Code: 50135