If you look at these old pictures, you might think they were made in Berlin before WW1 or at the Imperial maneuver in the Romintner Heide ...:













But it's Chile!

And in contrast to Germany (where this is the most utterly frowned upon), these clothes and helmets are still worn today on certain occasions in Chile ...:








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Pike Helmets were (and are!) also worn in Bolivia...





...Argentina...





...Equador...







...Brazil...





and Venezuela...:










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Several other states hat Pike Helmets and "German looking" Uniforms (bur not today), like

El Salvador...:





...Mexico...







...Nicaragua...



...Paraguay...



...Peru...



...and Urugugay...:




BTW:

The Uniform of the Chilenian Presidential Guard looks very close to the German "Wehrmacht" Uniform of WW2...:






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