ARGENTINA 1847

Fifer, Brigada de Marina, Gala

By J.Balaguer

Fifer, Brigada de Marina, Gala, 1847 ARGENTINA
Shako dark blue, top and bottom bands red, plume white, red bag piped in yellow, tassel, cords and flounders also in yellow, black visor, national cockade, dark blue, white, dark blue, chinscales and plate in gilt metal. Tunic red, collar, cuffs and turnbacks dark blue piped in white, white piping also along front of tunic, brass buttons, shoulder cords white on a dark blue board, chest ribbon red, yellow grenade on turnbacks, trousers red, spats red, boots black, fife case brown leather with red cord and tassels.

Source; Documents in the Archive General of the Nation, B.A.


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