Pith Helmet - British Military - Boer War 1900

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Mine & Military Museum - Springs

British Pith Helmet : Donated by Tony da Cruz

British Pith Helmet : Donated by Tony da Cruz

Name/Title

Pith Helmet - British Military - Boer War 1900

Description

The Pith helmet, safari helmet, or salacot is a lightweight helmet, usually covered with cloth and made of shola pith. The hat's use was mainly connected to European military personnel serving overseas from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1895

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Donated to MMM

Acquired From

Antonio da Cruz