Pith helmet with bullet hole
- Description
- This pith helmet features a red embroidered Somerset Light Infantry badge. It was worn by Lance Corporal Mabey of the 2nd Somersetshire Light Infantry during the Boer War. In 1900 he was wounded during operations to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith. He was lucky to survive. The helmet was manufactured by Peninsula Hat Manufacturing, Calcutta.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNMM : SLI/399
- Collection Class
- Twentieth Century
- Common Name
- pith helmet with bullet hole
- Simple Name
- helmet and badge
- Production Person Surname
- Peninsula Hat Manufacturing
- Period Classification
- Modern (AD 1800-Present)
- Production Date
- 1900
- Production Town
- Calcutta
- Production Country
- India
- Production Continent
- Asia
- Material
- cork, pith, textile
