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Title: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: **GS** on 11 March 2025, 09:12:15 AM
Hello!
I am looking for some pictures shoing the Colonial Uniform of Spanish troops in South America in the 1820s.

Any sources?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: Smokeyrone on 12 March 2025, 01:44:58 AM
Lol, I've been looking for same (going up to 1850s).   No luck
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: **GS** on 12 March 2025, 08:00:10 AM
Came into contact with these so far:
https://de.pinterest.com/pin/18155204737650745/ (https://de.pinterest.com/pin/18155204737650745/)

https://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.com/2015/01/uniformes-militares-n-8-en-color-de.html (https://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas.blogspot.com/2015/01/uniformes-militares-n-8-en-color-de.html)
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: Panzer21 on 12 March 2025, 09:42:22 AM
John Fletcher is the man to ask:

https://liberators.blogspot.com/?view=classic

Author of three booklets on the Wars of Liberation and an Osprey history.

There's also a faceplant group if you like that sort of thing......

Neil
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: Inkpaduta on 12 March 2025, 06:24:13 PM
The books he did for liberator were great! But I don't think you can get them anymore.
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: Matakakea on 13 March 2025, 10:57:08 AM
Parkfield Miniatures still stock the Liberator books. I saw some on their stand at Cavalier three weeks ago.
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: Panzer21 on 13 March 2025, 06:47:49 PM
Quote from: Inkpaduta on 12 March 2025, 06:24:13 PM
The books he did for liberator were great! But I don't think you can get them anymore.

Caliver Books seem able to obtain copies. Only just got the one on British and Irish a couple of months ago.

Neil
Title: Re: Spanish Colonial Forces in South America in the 1820s
Post by: SJWi on 13 March 2025, 09:54:33 PM
I wasn't aware that Fletcher wrote three books for Liberator. I've only seen two but one does indicate a third!  The Parkfield Miniatures website still lists one of them but the other is showing "out of stock".  I can also attest to the quality of the "Spanish Ospreys" I was in Marbella last week and saw their book on the Spanish forces in Texas and it was beautifully produced, with colour plates as good if not better than anything Osprey currently churns out. In hindsight I should have bought it and relied on Google Translate to do some heavy lifting.

Good luck with your search.