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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Royal Thai Armed Forces wear a pith helmet with heavy plumes, making it broadly resemble a bearskin cap. The pith helmets are used with the unit's ceremonial...

the pith helmet used by European colonizers. Salakot or also spelled as salacot in Spanish and salacco in French is the direct precursor to the pith helmet...

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...

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...

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...

was issued. Headgear, also in tan, initially consisted of a sidecap, pith helmet, or a unique tropical peaked cap design with detachable neckshade, although...

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...

Vueltiao Umbrella hat Ushanka American fiber helmet – for use in tropical regions; similar to pith helmet Anthony Eden hat Beaver hat Beefeaters' hat Bicorne...

blue parade dress worn with the white Wolsley pattern helmet (commonly referred to as a "pith helmet") or red & white peaked cap, the scarlet and blue mess...

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...

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...

includes khaki clothing, belted bush jackets, pith helmets or slouch hats, and animal skin patterns. Pith helmet was initially worn by the British military...

combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest...

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...

MSX. The series stars Sabreman, who is depicted wearing khakis and a pith helmet. The story of Sabreman's adventures is not developed within the games...

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,...

(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...

the A2 Helmets for training exercises. Up until 2014, a majority of the Vietnam People's Army were still using Pith Helmets. These Pith Helmets also saw...

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...

modern full dress), with other ranks wearing straw hats and officers the pith helmet. In 2005, Gen. Cardozo M. Luna, Commandant of the Philippine Military...

Blashford-Snell in the cover collage. The image was of Snell wearing a pith helmet, holding a pistol and pointing it at an elephant. After the album was...

upright sides, a flat crown, and no brim. Pith helmet A lightweight rigid cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith, with brims front and back. Worn by Europeans...

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...

characters include Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, a short, pudgy soldier who wears a pith helmet and possesses a fine singing voice; Gunner "Parky" Parkin, a young recruit...

valiant explorer with pith helmet, brass telescope and binoculars; the debonair aviator with birdlike gadgets and devices, leather helmet, brass goggles and...