Author: ROYAL DUTCH EAST INDIAN ARMY K.N.I.L., PERIODICAL -
Title: STABELAN. Periodiek van de Stichting Vriendenkring oud KNIL Artilleristen.
Description: [Dordrecht, 1974-1998]. Quarterly. Year 1-no. 1(August 1974) - Year 25 (1998). Tog. in 103 parts as orig. issued. sm.8°. cyclostyled(year 1-6,no.2); large 8°. (year 6-no.3-year 25). (All publ.: discontinued). Lavishly illustrated. Stapled. This quarterly, although some years count 6 issues!, has orig. being published for former K.N.I.L. Artillery members, but in a later stage its scope widened to all previous K.N.I.L. personnel. The word Stabelanis of malay origin and means simply Artillery. It contains num. artt. on K.N.I.L. war-achievements: from the Japanese attack, through the war in the Pacific, but it is concentrated on the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1949 up till its disbanding ater Indonesia's independence. The first six years have been cyclostyled (up till year 6-no.2), after that it has transformed in a richly illustrated and finely executed magazine. Set in MINT condition. Complete Set in MINT condition. Rare.

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