Royalist Troops in America 1813

Uniform Plate: Milicias Urbanas de Montevideo

By J. Balaguer


[ACTUARON EN EL COMBATE DE SAN LORENZO]

PRIVATE; shako black, visor black, cockade, plume and bottom band red, tunic blue, red collar, cuffs & turnbacks, dark blue lapels, brass buttons, white trousers & spats, black shoes.

STANDARD BEARER; bicorne black edged in black silk, gold lace tassels and cockade holding strap, red cockade, short jacket blue, red collar and cuffs, no lapels or turnbacks, gold lace epaulettes and gilt gorget, crimson waist sash with gold tassels, white breeches, black jockey boots with buff tops and straps, gilt sword hilt with gold lace sword knot white frog, black scabbard with gilt fittings.

STANDARD; carrying assh red with gold lace edges and gilt fittings, flag with white field, red cross [a burgundy cross] gold lace cords, town crest of a gray castle, brown hill, sky blue sea & sky, yellow ribbon with black legend, gold edging and crown, a red covered staff.


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