Nederland – Medaille – Dutch KNIL Medal ”Ereteken Orde & Vrede” – with three! combat clasps – great patina – Indonesia

Very nice and honest ''Ereteken Orde and Vrede'' medal as awarded to KNIL soldiers for their duties in 1945-1951! The medal has a great patina and is a nice old period example, not a modern restrike, and is nicely maker marked on the back. A great medal. The medal has three(!!) combat year clasps, indicating rh served three years in combat in Indonesia (1946, 1947, 1948). See also our other interesting military books and items that we have on offer on catawiki!History of the ''Ereteken Orde & Vrede'' medalThe Decoration of Honor for Order and Peace was instituted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on 2 December 1947 in a Royal Decree. The award was instituted while the first of the so-called police actions, the so-called "Operation Product", a failed attempt to bring the archipelago in the East back under Dutch rule by military force, was still in full swing. The tens of thousands of Dutch soldiers had to be rewarded for their efforts and the high-pitched title indicates the aspiration of the Dutch to restore what they saw as "order and peace", the Indonesians would call "colonial oppression".The decoration is awarded to the servicemen of the three then armed... lees verder bij Catawiki