Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

[V.C. Brunswick]

Haile Selassie

 

[DanielJones]

Well done! That is an impressive Wolseley.

Here is a Safari group completely outfitted.

An interesting group of men in their respective head gear.

Left to Right: R. J. Cunninghame - head guide for Newland & Tarlton, Kermit Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Newton, and Tarlton in 1909.

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

This one has a great shot with a neck curtain on the back of the helmet.

A page frm an Army-Navy stor catalog circa 1900.

General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet, circa 1899

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Swamp Safari

Great White Hunters

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

A pith helmet with what appears to be spectator shoes.

Monty Python, Empire

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Breaker Morant

The Man Who Would Be King

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Dan

 

[Oldsarge]

Now you're forcing me to go try and find my photos of me in my helmet on safari. I know I have them somewhere . . .

 

[Vampyre Master]

Damn, that's a good photo. Great looking kid, too.

love it!!
VM

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Well done! That is an impressive Wolseley.

Here is a Safari group completely outfitted.

Cheers!

Dan

Hey, is that not Renault's "Weekend Safari" thread!!!

 

[DeaconKC]

I think he's second from right........

 

[DanielJones]

The camouflage on a pith helmet was so effective that the British often stumbled upon scores of sleeping predators without realizing it. Shhh ... we wouldn't want to wake them.

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

A Passage to India. Wouldn't be complete without a pith helmet or two.

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Even the ladies got in on the act.

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Dan

 

[Corto]

"Monty Python, Empire"!? What!?! Was this a sketch? Admittedly, I haven't seen all the movies, but...what was this a part of? I can't seem to find hide, nor hair of it on the internet.

EDIT: Never mind, found it: "Monty Python- The Meaning of War"

 

[DNO]

I think this thread is big enough for two Wingates... Orde Wingate in this case.

 

[Oldsarge]

Even the ladies got in on the act.

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Dan

One has to wonder what that was all about. Floor length dresses with leg-of-mutton sleeves and muskets and pith helmets? Odd.

 

[DanielJones]

This was some of the text that went with the picture Sarge.

Cadet Life, 1890.
Five young women wearing cadet white pith helmets and holding cadet *****s. The women are not identified; possibly daughters of faculty members.

This would make a fun avatar.

Travel in the Empire.

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Another of Orde Wingate.

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Dan

 

[DanielJones]

King Solomon's Mines

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Dan

 

[DJH]

I need to stop checking into this thread. It has me searching eBay for pith helmets for crying out loud. :eusa_doh: