A pirate standard-bearer

Here's a great example of a War of the Spanish Succession figure painted as a pirate. Highly unlikely that pirates had standard bearers like this but the point is that in the age of piracy (around 1680-1730) pirates dressed just like everyone else. More than that, the military units of the major powers wore the same uniforms and carried the same weapons in the West Indies as they did on the Continent. Front Rank figure painted by Kevin Dallimore.