Uniforms of the Brazilian Army

[Kazimiera]

Uniforms of the Brazilian Army

Source: https://resobscura.blogspot.co.za/2010/06/uniforms-of-brazilian-army.html

Greetings from Brazil! More to follow on the fascinating city of São Paulo. For now, I present some images of eighteenth century Brazilian army uniforms, courtesy of the excellent Portuguese-language blog Arquivo Histórico, :


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Note the 'auxilaries' in the bottom left of this last image -- apparently mestizo and African-descended soldiers, sporting uniforms with much brighter colors than their rather drab colleagues!


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These officers look almost exactly like Revolutionary War era British redcoats to my untutored eye.


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You can view the full gallery at: https://archive.org/details/uniformesdoexerc00rodruoft

[Kriptc06]

fancy, reminds of the british army clothing

[Marinus]

To me they resemble more the 1780s French naval uniforms, very fancy!

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

Most european and colonial countries dressed like that in those times for military

[Sacrificed Ram]

Now we buy ours from China and the soldier shall pay for it, but the price is the triple than a similar produced here (?).