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August 29th, 2016





the Netherlands



Cross for Merit (KV) / Recipients 1949

 



Below you can find the the recipients for the Cross for Merit, awarded in the year 1949. The list is not yet complete. Additions are always welcome. Any addition should be accompanied with sufficient proof.
Cross for Merit (KV)
Kuipers-van Proosdij, Maria Gerardina
Amsterdam/the Netherlands, September 15th, 1923 -
's-Gravenhage/the Netherlands, August 1st, 2002


December 21st, 1949; Courier, Resitance
"Has decorated herself during enemy action by brave and meritorious acting and served with this the interests of the Kingdom when she, as a member, entered an intelligence group in military operations, in September 1944, in the occupied territory of the Netherlands and thus as a courier organised the communications with other resistance groups, among which were two othe intelligence groups. Also she acted as a coder with a radio-station, where she also acted in transporting the transmitters."
(Sourece, Nr. 1711, Royal Decree No. 21)




Text: Wilco Vermeer
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