Fig. 1. Paraguayan soldier from a painting by Washt Rodrigues, dated 1932, in the Museo Historico National, Rio de Janeiro. Shako black, national cockade and ribbon, as per Figs. 1 & 2 plate 1, blouse is red with black collar, cuffs and button fly section, trousers are white.

Figs. 2. - 7. Paraguayan Militia from a contemporary primitive painting in the Museo Historico Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.

Fig. 2. Shako black with national cockade and ribbon, shirt is white, blanket is grey with red and white stripes, kilt or "chiripa" is blue with black and red stripes.

Fig. 3. Shako black with white device and national ribbon, shirt red, "chiripa" beige with wide green lines and thin red lines, waistsash cream with red lines, necklace is an engraved cross on a piece of bone or shell.

Fig. 4. Officer, shako black with national cockade on the front and national ribbon along the base, blouse is red, while the trousers are brown with black boots.

Fig. 5. Shako as per fig.3 plate 2, shirt is red, trousers white, black leather straps and belts.

Fig. 6. Shako as per figs. 3 & 5 plate 2, shirt red, "chiripa" white, black leather straps and belts, back pack black with brown blanket roll, design on shako is three white lines as per insert. ( I have found out that these line ought to be shaped like feathers, they are painted onto the shako either in white or in the national colours, the ribbon could also be painted on, as this was cheaper to do. T.D.H. 2001 )

Fig. 7. Shako as previously mentioned, shirt red, trousers white, same type of cross as fig.3 plate 2.

War of the Triple Alliance 1865-1870

Paraguay Uniform Plate 1
Paraguay Uniform Plate 2
Paraguay Uniform Plate 3