Spanish military uniforms 1914-18

[heavens-champion 1,905]

I know that Spain never fought in World War I, but what did their military uniforms look liked during the time?

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Here's what I could find for actual pictures in the field:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/marta_gufstasson/1342430044/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/marta_gufstasson/1341540913/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/marta_gufstasson/1342428472/in/photostream/

 

And here's a selection of illustrations that people usually use for making miniatures for wargames. I can't speak to accuracy, as I can't actually read the text of the webpage.

 

http://miniaturasjm.com/uniformologia/uniformes-espaoles-espaa-1912-a-1920/

[idunnomaybe 344]

ok so this question is kind of complicated 

WW1 military wise was a transitional period from the Napoleonic era to the more standardization that came about with WW2

as a result uniforms changed massively between units and roles etc so its kind of hard to point to a uniform and say "that one" Spain however had was still recovering from the Napoleonic wars it was a very poor nation and was constantly on the brink of civil war 

uniform wise it changed wildly some were khaki style uniforms others still had uniforms from the 1700s

a better question would be why do you want to know? did you find a picture of a great grandfather that you want to know more about? cause depending on what he's wearing you can tell what unit he was with if he was infantry or cavalry and so on  

[heavens-champion 1,905]

ok so this question is kind of complicated 

 

WW1 military wise was a transitional period from the Napoleonic era to the more standardization that came about with WW2

 

as a result uniforms changed massively between units and roles etc so its kind of hard to point to a uniform and say "that one" Spain however had was still recovering from the Napoleonic wars it was a very poor nation and was constantly on the brink of civil war 

 

uniform wise it changed wildly some were khaki style uniforms others still had uniforms from the 1700s

 

a better question would be why do you want to know? did you find a picture of a great grandfather that you want to know more about? cause depending on what he's wearing you can tell what unit he was with if he was infantry or cavalry and so on  

I'm just curious, and keep imagining they were wearing uniforms similar to France.

[idunnomaybe 344]

I'm just curious, and keep imagining they were wearing uniforms similar to France.

Kinda? they were similar in a certain way but spains uniforms were unique 

[Faze Five 61]

Well, in my city there is the "Academia de Caballeria", there are a lot of military uniforms from different times...

 

Spain has had many militar uniforms, even nowadays each 28 of may it's the Spanish army day, and they march with classical uniforms. Exactly between 1914-18 i don't know, you can see something related to the Rif War and the uniforms of the "Regulares", they were from that time.

 

Btw, Spain was a poor country because the Napoleonic wars suposed the independence of the colonies and the country was prettty much split after that, causing a huge inestability in the XIX century, with many revolutions and civil wars (3 Carlist wars), and at the end of that century the Spanish-American War.

[Codelyy 1,286]

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