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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Sholapith (section Pith helmet)
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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Bearskin (redirect from Bearskin helmet british army)
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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Salakot (section Pith helmets)
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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Aeschynomene aspera (redirect from Sola pith plant)
(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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Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (redirect from Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Helmet)
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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List of headgear (section Helmets)
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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