by J. Balaguer
FIG.1. Officer Kepi black with black leather bands, gold cords and piping along back and top, coat dark blue, red cuffs and collar, gold lace epaulettes and rank stripe to cuff, gilt buttons, waistcoat white, trousers red with gold stripe, black leather waistbelt and straps. FIG.2. Soldier Kepi white cover, brass chin-scales, black visor, tunic dark blue with red collar, cuffs and epaulettes, red piping to front of tunic, trousers red, back pack write, roll white with red piping, a poncho is tied around the waist this is white. Source: Anonymous painting in Museo Nacional de Lima Back to Table of Contents -- El Dorado Vol III No. 5 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1991 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |