"Batavian Colonial Uniforms in America" Topic
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| Don Sebastian | 20 Aug 2015 10:59 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have any information about the Uniforms worn by the local militias (schilderij) and locally raised units (white/blanke jagers and black/zwarte jagers) of the dutch colonies in the Americas? It's easy to find information on the regular batavian units sent there, but I'm having a hard time finding information on the local units. |
| zippyfusenet | 20 Aug 2015 1:28 p.m. PST |
Which colonies are you researching, and for what time periods? Sorry, I don't have anything for you, but I'm interested in what answers you get. |
| Winston Smith | 20 Aug 2015 1:58 p.m. PST |
Being militia, I would guess that their civilian clothes would be what they wore, and not "uniforms ".
Brigade Games make King Philip's War civilians. I think Parkfield do too but have never seen them. |
| Don Sebastian | 20 Aug 2015 3:07 p.m. PST |
I'm interested in all dutch american colonies (Surinam and their caribbean islands) during the 1795-1804 period (: |
| Winston Smith | 20 Aug 2015 5:53 p.m. PST |
Ah. I thought you might have been interested on Dutch settlements in New York. |
| timurilank | 20 Aug 2015 7:58 p.m. PST |
The Dutch West India Company would have operated on a similar pattern as the VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie); basically an autonomous commercial organization minting their own coin, maintaining their own security forces to include garrisons and a fleet. Uniforms would have followed a similar style (blue coat, white small clothes) as on the continent, but were manufactured by the company. Map of Dutch Settlements Guyana and Suriname.
link An article about forts.
link This was interesting, as looking up information for you I found what I needed for the 17th c. Portuguese in Africa. Nice that.
Cheers,
Robert |
| Don Sebastian | 21 Aug 2015 9:36 a.m. PST |
I've found a PDF here ( link , number 297) which seems to have information about the militias Uniforms in Suriname! Does anyone knows anything about the militia Uuiforms in the Dutch Caribbean colonies? |
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