Voortrekkersinsigne KNIL 1945-1946

Voortrekkersinsigne / embleem van het KNIL, periode 1945-1946. Geëmailleerd metaal met de Koningkroon boven 'NIL', tussen de jaartallen 1945 en 1946. Op de achterkant gemerkt 'Cordesius & Zonen / Batavia'. Afmeting 49 x 33 mm. In een bijpassend doosje. (Verkocht)

The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL = "Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger") was the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Netherlands East Indies (now modern Indonesia). This badge was worn by members of the KNIL who volunteered to stay in Indonesia from the end of the Second World War in 1945, through 1946. Most were former prisoners of the occupying Japanese forces.