The first of three new regiments of horsemen added to my Napoleonic Portuguese army!
While sometimes referred to as "Dragoons", in most documents the Portuguese mounted arm were simply referred to as regiments of Cavalry.
This is the 10th or "Santarem" regiment, with light blue collars and cuffs piped in white.
As with the infantry, the color of the piping on the front of the jacket and of the collars and cuffs, as well as the turnbacks, reflected the organizational Division to which the regiment belonged - red for the Southern, white for the Central, and yellow for the Northern Division.
Unlike the infantry, each cavalry regiment had 4 flags, one for each squadron, with a white field for the 1st squadron, red for the 2nd, yellow for the 3rd, and blue for the 4th. I have used scaled down Infantry regimental colors by Adolfo Ramos (15mm); these are pretty close to correct, but evidently the regimental designation would have been on a light blue scroll below the Arms of Portugal. Cravats were in the color of the cuffs.
Ah, yes, Portuguese cavalry - I must get some of that, one of these days! Are these Old Glory, Peter? You have done a nice job on them, whoever cast them for you.
ReplyDeleteGood job, much needed allied cavalry after all those French.
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