Ref: DR19909
- £125.00
Netherlands East Indies. 1946. Printed illustrated 'In Actieve Dienst' 9On Active Service) envelope from '1ST Company, 1 - 1 Reg. Inf. Brigade, Batavia' addressed to the Netherlands cancelled by Veldpost/ Soerabaja' date stamp '22nd March 46.'
The Dutch Indies declared independence from the Netherlands at 10am, 17th August 1945. There followed four years of armed resistance and bloody conflict until the Dutch recognized Independence on the 27th Dec 1949.
