Outstanding display

It’s not a Federal Model 1881  helmet .It’s a New York State helmet that someone added a Federal plate to. 

A 7th Air Force patch we see, not sure if he is wearing it as his current unit or was in the 7th Air Force in WWII, that is if there were Black units of the support nature assigned to it. His ribbons are kinda hard to make out, a seem rather incomplete, is that the American Defense or the  Asiatic Pacific, bottom row seems to be a National Defense, a Good Conduct and a WWII Victory   

This is amazing!  Harry Sheremet was my Grandpa!  ❤️

I would agree

Hi my friends, I was after opinions on this model 1881 Infantry Helmet, is it a real ? Is it named correctly ? Are there parts missing ? Thanks in advance  Paul from Oz

Veterans from that period. Men who left the military around that time period.    Wade

D'oh! Guilty as charged. 🫣 Thats some funny stuff right there. Never underestimate the ingenuity of an American GI. Mystery solved. Thank you blitz67! 

Mary Chesnut's "Civil War [Diary]", Woodward pub., 886 pp.   A remarkably insightful history, often cited, seldom read...

Hello Again.  Always good to ask while you are learning.  Folks do collect these though.