Author: KLERK, JAN A.C. DE, H. BECKERS (ET.AL., EDITORS/TEXTS],
Title: Palmam qui meruit ferat: Ere wie Ere toekomt. Stichting Nationaal Indië-Monument [Roermaond, Limburg Province, The Netherlands] 1945-1962. Een Burgerinitiatief. [covertitle on box. [Eerste en enige druk; First edition].
Description: S.,I. [Melick], Stichting Nationaal Indië Monument, 1996. Together 5 parts. Medium 8°. Original stiff 35; 53; 75limp wrappers. Covertitles in bold black type, each frontcover with a coloured illustration. Kept in an original plain white coloured slip-case, the whole in its original boards slipcase, with latin motto, ranslated into dutch in bold black type and a large coloured illustration on frontside of box. 35; 53; 73; 17; 66pp. Many captioned monochrome and coloured illustrations in text and full-page, extensive data about losses and wounded dutch troops, including the Dutch East Indian Army KNIL and the Royal dutch Army, Navy and airforce during the dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-1962 (includes the dutch-indonesian [armed] dispute about New Guinea (Irian Jaya), colophon, name-lists of organizing committees, colophon to part 1. Dutch language publication about the Roermons National Monument in honour an remembrance of those troops, serving with the Dutch East Indian Army KNIL and the regular Royal Dutch Army, Airforce and Navy. Killed and wounded in action in Indonesia and New Guinea 1945-1962, which include detailed data aboutnumbers of troops and name-lists of those killed and wounded. Very fine set. Scarce.

Keywords: merdeka history militaria troops war army navy airforce remembrance monument roermond limburg history losses colonialism indonesia newguinea irianjaya southeastasia