Fig. 1. DRUMMER, PERUVIAN ARMY. Shako red felt, yellow lace on top band, cords and tassels yellow, red bag, plume holder brass, plume red over white, cockade red top and bottom, white side quarters, brass chin scales, tunic dark blue, red cuffs with blue bar and yellow piping, collar red with gold lace, shoulder straps rea, shoulder nests red with yellow lace, arm chevrons and tassels in yellow lace, turnbacks red piped yellow, pockets piped yellow, lapels red with yellow piping and gold button lace. Trousers red with gold stripe, white spatts, drum apron and drum straps, black shoes, brass top and bottom drum bands with red centre. Fig. 2 . DRUMMER, CHILEAN ARMY. Shako 'black, black leather bands, brass chin scales and shako plate, red cords and plume, brass plume holder, national cockade [blue centre, red middle and white outer]. Tunic dark blue, collar red with gold lace, cuffs dark blue with red bar piped red, turnbacks dark blue piped red, pockets piped red, chest lace as fig.a. red, white, blue [red is striped], sleeve seam lace as fig.c., shoulder strap [fig.b.] red, shoulder pad has blue centre edged in white with red sides. Trousers and spats white, white leather drum apron and straps, black shoes, drum shell blue with top and bottom bands in red, white, blue diagonal stripes, white cords. Drummers 1827 Large Illlustration (69K) Source: Plate by Valmont, in the Biblioteca Nacional, Paris. Back to Table of Contents -- El Dorado Vol V No. 2 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by The South and Central American Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com