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Officer of the Compagnies franches de la Marine of Canada

Caption: Officer of the Compagnies franches de la Marine of Canada

Although officers of the Compagnies franches de la Marine of Canada were not required to wear any specific uniform, during the 1690s many wore the same colours as their soldiers at the time, namely grey-white and blue. The sword and spontoon, or half-pike, were regulation armaments. Reconstruction by Michel Pétard.