By J. Balaguer
Fig.1. Officer: Hat white straw, red bow, sweat band and plume, coat yellow, lapels, cuffs and collar dark blue, collar piped in silver, epaulettes and buttons in silver, waistcoat dark blue, breeches dark blue, black boots, buff gloves and waistbelt, black stock, black leather sword scabbard with gilt fittings. Fig.2. Trooper: As per fig. 1 except, dark blue shoulder straps and turnbacks, no lace on collar, white buttons, waistcoat and breeches dark blue, belts in buff leather, gaiters in natural leather, black shoes, horse furniture in brown leather, shabraque in dark blue. Dragones de San Juan de Lurigancho Large Illustration (slow: 103K) SourceAcuarelas de Fco. Gonzalez Gamarra en el Archivo Historico Porras-Barrenechea, Lima, Peru. 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 |