PITH HAT, US MILITARY ISSUE 1966 NEW UNISSUED

Description

Safari pith hat. This pith hat was originally used to shield our troops from the sweltering conditions of both jungle and desert environments in the 1960's. New, unissued condition with adjustable sizing. Original Surplus. These are RARE & hard to find nowadays, and the stock of these are unavailable forever.
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Throughout World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and the U. S. Army used a cheaper version of the pith helmet made from pressed fiber. The helmets were printed with a camouflage pattern. The two main producers of the US military fiber pressed pith helmet were the International Hat Company and Hawley Products Company. Both companies had originally designed a manufactured several civilian models made from pressed fiber with a foil lining in the 1930s, aimed to be used by laborers who worked in the hot sun, from farms to road construction to other manual labor. The U.S. Marine Corps pith helmet (officially "Helmet, sun, rigid, fiber") has also seen use as a form of identification by rifle range cadres, similarly the campaign hat is worn by rifle range instructors as well as drill instructors.