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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 90

(x) Netherlands, Kingdom, East Asian Resistance Star, 40mm, bronze, nearly extremely fine and rare, with original paper envelope of issue by Koninkluke Begeer Voorschoten

The East Asian Resistance Star was instituted in 1948 by Queen Juliana. It was awarded to citizens of the Dutch East Indies who showed bravery against the Japanese, in defence of territories or as Prisoners of War, being also granted to those in the Dutch Resistance. Designed by Frans Smiths, the bronze six-pointed star bears the words 'De Geest Overwint' ('The Spirit Triumphs'). The colours of the riband are symbolic: the gold stripes replicate the custom in South-East Asia to wrap a valuable gift in a gold-coloured cloth.

The Star was conferred approximately 471 times.

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£220