MARINIERS BRIGADE SOERABAIA 1946 [BRIGAGE ROYAL DUTCH MARINE CORPS SURABAYA 1946] -
Mariniers Brigade Soerabaia [Manuscript front cover title]. Speciaal Album voor gelegenheden. Parade op 31 Aug. 1946.
S.I. [Soerabaia], s.n., 1946. Oblong 8°., original boards with cord through spine. Album with together 25 original black/white photographs, each 11x8.5cm., with captionsin white ink in manustript in a very neat hand. tipped-in on 12 limp leaves, rest left blank. ADDED: an odd copy of Ik Zal Handhaven, Weekblad van de Mariniersbrigade. Soerabaia, Voorlichtingsdienst, Derde Jaargang No. 33; Zaterdag 15 November 1947. Original wrappers. 10pp., printed in collumns. [Odd issue of a weekly on behalf of Brigade Royal Dutch Marines). Private Album with original photograps featuring the military Parade by Brigade Royal Dutch Marine Corps, Royal Dutch Expeditionary Force and Royal Dutch East Indies Army K.N.I.L., with commander A-Division Colonel De Bruyne, held 31 August 1946 at Surabaya, East Java, in honor of the Anniversary of H.M. Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands. Photographs mainly feature heavy military material as Sherman Tanks, Trucks, motorized Bailey Bridges, Artillery from the Royal Dutch Marine Corps Brigade, (Mar.Brig.), operating in Eastern Java during the dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-1950. The Royal Marine Corps Brigade arrived March 1946 in Surabaya, taking part in East Java operations. Copy with good clear original photographs. Album in good condition. An interesting piece of military memorabilia. Scarce.
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