kapten_windu Posted July 9, 2011 Author Posted July 9, 2011 Hi Odulf, many thanks for your correction.. R. Ario Majangkoro reached the rank Lt. Colonel during his service, and when he retired he got honorary promotion as a colonel.. He was the highest native career officer.. Unfortunately i can't track where are the decorations and the sabre now, They are beautiful pieces, and of course very historical.. Windu
Odulf Posted July 10, 2011 Posted July 10, 2011 Hi Odulf, many thanks for your correction.. R. Ario Majangkoro reached the rank Lt. Colonel during his service, and when he retired he got honorary promotion as a colonel.. He was the highest native career officer.. Unfortunately i can't track where are the decorations and the sabre now, They are beautiful pieces, and of course very historical.. Windu He was a remarkable character in many ways. The photo shows him wearing the uniform of a Lt.Colonel of the Dutch East Indies Army, thus at the end of his career. He was the only native officer to be awarded the Eresabel (Sabre of Honour) amongst a total of 108 Dutch recipients. He was awarded his Eresabel (by Royal Decree of 24 March 1877 Nr.5) for his bravery in Atjeh between 26-12-1875 and 09-03-1876; at that moment he was a Major of the barisan of Bankallan. For these actions, during this period, in total 6 (!) Eresabels were awarded.
kapten_windu Posted July 10, 2011 Author Posted July 10, 2011 Wow, that's amazing! So he was the only Nederlandsch-Indie (Indonesia) native officer that got this sabre? Or anyone else?
James Hoard Posted July 10, 2011 Posted July 10, 2011 He was a remarkable character in many ways. The photo shows him wearing the uniform of a Lt.Colonel of the Dutch East Indies Army, thus at the end of his career. He was the only native officer to be awarded the Eresabel (Sabre of Honour) amongst a total of 108 Dutch recipients. He was awarded his Eresabel (by Royal Decree of 24 March 1877 Nr.5) for his bravery in Atjeh between 26-12-1875 and 09-03-1876; at that moment he was a Major of the barisan of Bankallan. For these actions, during this period, in total 6 (!) Eresabels were awarded. Not quite at the end of his career. He was prom to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 1/4/1881 and commanded the Bangkalan Barisan Corps for another 20 years!. He eventually retired with the rank of Honorary Colonel 20/8/1901. This photo appears to date from before the Lombok Pacification campaign of 1894, because for that service he was made an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Cheers, James
Irish Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Great photos, Thanks for posting. hats off on the great identification work
kapten_windu Posted July 15, 2011 Author Posted July 15, 2011 Not quite at the end of his career. He was prom to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel 1/4/1881 and commanded the Bangkalan Barisan Corps for another 20 years!. He eventually retired with the rank of Honorary Colonel 20/8/1901. This photo appears to date from before the Lombok Pacification campaign of 1894, because for that service he was made an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Cheers, James wow, very nice information, thank you.. :cheers:
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