British American Revolutionary War Era Leather Tarleton Cap Helmet with Bearskin Crest Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets with a canvas header

with a canvas header

The Japanese were again using a cave defense system

all items that were in excess on a US Navy ship

and is missing large chunks on the front "toe" on both sides

British American Revolutionary War Era Leather Tarleton Cap Helmet with Bearskin Crest Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets with a canvas headerNew Made Item. This pattern of helmet was named after Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton who commanded the British Legion during the American War of Independence (1775 1783). With its bearskin crest the tarleton was regarded as 'the handsomest' of helmets and was reportedly much admired by foreign forces at the time. The Tarleton cap remained the most popular form of cavalry headdress in the post war United States, worn by the cavalry (and later