José María Bueno Carrera

Nice illustration.
Illustrations show that the thin stripes varied in density.
That's to say the gap between the thin vertical blue lines varied from a couple of millimetres apart, to a couple of centimetres apart.

Have a look on
El ejército de los Borbones
T.VI: Reinado de Isabel II: 1833-1868
Autor Principal: Gómez Ruiz, Manuel
Coautor: Alonso Juanola, Vicente

ISBN: 9788497811187
Editorial: Ministerio de Defensa
Fecha de la edición: 2004
Lugar de la edición: Madrid. España
Encuadernación: Cartoné
Medidas: 32 cm
Nº Pág.: 551
Idiomas: Español

The colonial uniforms of this type were called "rayadillo" -tiny stripped?-
The stripes vary among the troops if located in the Philippines, in Cuba and Puerto Rico, and in Africa. At the Caribbean, the stripes were so close to each other that the general view gives a greyish appearance.
In Africa, they were more separate, so you can distinguish them clearly, and in stead of a bluish or greyish shade, they were plain black.
Have a look on
GUERRERO ACOSTA, José Manuel: El Ejército español en Ultramar y África (1850-1925). Los soldados olvidados del otro lado del mar.
Acción Press, S.A. Madrid, 2003. ISBN 84-95464-31-4.
Pages: 199
Text Guerrero Acosta. Plates: Raúl Rueda Sagaseta. Drawings: Ángel González Romero. Photographs in b/w and colour

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