Netherlands WWII Set of 3 Medals (New Guinea Commemorative Cross, Cross for the Order & Peace with Clasp 1949, Officer's Long Military Service Cross for XV Years)

Netherlands: Set of 3 Military medals, mounted on 
bar.
From left to right:

- Military Cross "for the Order & Peace". 
With clasp for the year 1949.
The Cross was instituted in 1947 and was issued to 
military personnel with a minimum of 3 months 
service in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 
between 1945 and 1949, following the Indonesian 
revolt against the Dutch Colonial Authorities. 
Being under pressure by the local resistance and 
guerilla warfare and the escalating international 
criticism, the Dutch withdrew in 1949 & Indonesia 
became independent.

- New Guinea Commemorative Cross.
The Cross was instituted in 1962 and awarded to 
members of the Dutch armed forces (and some 
foreigners) who served at least three months in 
Dutch New Guinea or its territorial waters between 
28 Dec. 1949 and 23 Nov. 1962. 
Dutch New Guinea was part of the Dutch East 
Indies from 1898 to 1949 and following the 
Indonesian independence, a separate colony 
preparing for its own independence. Indonesia 
invaded in Dec. 1961, the colony became a United 
Nations mandate in Oct. 1962, was transferred to 
Indonesia in May 1963 and subsequently was 
annexed in 1969. The cross is scarce. 

- Officer's Decoration (Cross) for XV (15) years 
of honorable military service. 
Although the mark is not visible, this is a typical 
example by J.M.I van Wielik, in Haag.

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Post WW2 Colonial Wars

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