Original U.S. Indian War Period 1881 Pattern Dress Helmet for Mounted Cavalry with Photo Plate German Replica Records show that seven and

Records show that seven and a half million M1916 helmets were produced but only fifty thousand of the brow plates were issued

Standard infantry-pattern trigger guards were plain ovals

The last of the 1st Cavalry Division's mounted units permanently retired their horses and converted to infantry formations on 28 February 1943

and was produced in several variants

which weighs about 2 lbs

Original U.S. Indian War Period 1881 Pattern Dress Helmet for Mounted Cavalry with Photo Plate German Replica Records show that seven andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a pattern 1881 U. S. Dress helmet with white horsehair plume which represented mounted cavalry. It is a black felt dress helmet, with patent leather edging and hat band. The gold plated, brass helmet plate, consists of the U. S. Eagle and Shield insignia. The eagle has arrows (broken) in left talon and olive branch in right talon. The crown has the white horse hair plume and there are gold side buttons. Felt