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    The pith helmet, also known as the safari helmet, salacot, sola topee, sun helmet, topee, and topi is a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of sholapith...
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    Pith, or medulla, is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants. Pith is composed of soft, spongy parenchyma cells, which in some cases can store starch...
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    American fiber helmet (also known as the American pith helmet, safari helmet, tropical helmet, sun helmet, elephant helmet, or pressed fiber helmet) is a type...
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    and 19th centuries wore helmets made of straw bound together with cut bramble. Europeans in the tropics often wore the pith helmet, developed in the mid-19th...
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  • shaped into objects of art, or for practical use. It is the "pith" used for pith helmets, so giving them their name. The useful part of this plant is...
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    Several units in the King's Guard of the Royal Thai Armed Forces wear pith helmets with heavy plumes that broadly resemble a bearskin cap as a part of their...
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    Several of these helmets were taken to the New World by the Pilgrim fathers, and one of these has been found on Jamestown Island. Pith helmets originated when...
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    finial made of metal or wood. The salakot is the direct precursor to the pith helmet (also called salacot in Spanish and salacco in French) widely used by...
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    front line still with their leather equipment. The Pith helmet is a lightweight helmet made of cork or pith, with a cloth cover, designed to shade the wearer's...
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    was issued. Headgear, also in tan, initially consisted of a sidecap, pith helmet, or a unique tropical peaked cap design with detachable neckshade, although...
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    protection from the sun when on foot patrol. The "bobby helmet" was replaced by a pith helmet for police in Victoria, Australia from 1947, as well by...
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    includes khaki clothing, belted bush jackets, pith helmets or slouch hats, and animal skin patterns. Pith helmet was initially worn by the British military...
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  • 31 Helmet Steel Airborne Troop Jeep cap Kepi M1 helmet M1C helmet M2 helmet M38 Tanker helmet Mk III helmet Papakhi Patrol cap Peaked cap Pith helmet RAC...
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    combat helmet, also called a ballistic helmet, battle helmet, or helmet system (for some modular accessory-centric designs) is a type of helmet designed...
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    and No. 1 Dress cap. The pith helmet was commonly worn in the British army until the Second World War. Side view of pith helmet, showing the regimental...
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    Kaliganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state...
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    (Tamil). The low density wood of this plant is used to make hats known as pith helmets or sola topis. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia...
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  • The M87 is a combat helmet of South African origin manufactured by South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn. The kevlar composite M87...
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    Body Armor, and later by helmet systems like the Lightweight Helmet and Modular Integrated Communications Helmet, the PASGT helmet variant remains in limited...
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    opportunity in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza was seen as exploitive and a pith helmet she wore in Kenya was criticized for its association with colonialism...
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    styles, including the straw hat, cone hat, Boonie hat, and the pith helmet (sun helmet). In modern times, sun hats are common in places around the world...
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    campaign uniform. In doing so, it became the direct precursor of the pith helmet (still called salacot or salacco in Spanish and French). In Vietnam,...
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  • heraldic achievements, the helmet or helm is situated above the shield and bears the torse and crest. The style of helmet displayed varies according to...
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    90 steel helmet. For use over the steel helmet, the size adjustment cord was removed, then drawn through eyelets on the inside of the pith and through...
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  • MSX. The series stars Sabreman, who is depicted wearing khakis and a pith helmet. While the series went dormant after the sale of Ultimate Play The Game...
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  • PASGT Helmets, they only use the A2 Helmets for training exercises. Up until 2014, a majority of the Vietnam People's Army were still using Pith Helmets. These...
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  • elaborate women's design with a wide brim. Pith helmet A lightweight rigid cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith, with brims front and back. Worn by Europeans...
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    The pith helmet is an icon of colonialism in the tropical areas of the planet....
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    Vueltiao Umbrella hat Ushanka American fiber helmet – for use in tropical regions; similar to pith helmet Anthony Eden hat Beaver hat Beefeaters' hat Bicorne...
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    The M83 kevlar helmet is a combat helmet of South African manufactured by South African Pith Helmet Industries (S.A.P.H.I) of Rosslyn, adopted in 1983...
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