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by Arthur » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:35 am
Black boots indeed from the 1660's.
As for officers they would have worn regimentals from a relatively early date, certainly by the 1690's and the Nine Years War and quite conceivably as early as the Dutch War. As their name implies, the Cuirassiers Du Roi were a royal regiment and as such were more likely to conform to the November 1671 royal order than the régiments de gentilshommes.
And as J1mwallace says, officers' uniforms would be made of finer cloth with silver or gold lace and buttons.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.