Original Dutch Netherlands Pre-WWI KNIL Royal Dutch Indian Army Officer Kepi Empire Edged Weapons primarily on the Western front

primarily on the Western front during World War I

the 1899 cord was braided of 16 strands and carried acorn terminals like the 1855 cavalry model and the

The leather itself is solid but dried out

"THE PRUSSIAN M57 NEEDLE-FIRE CARBINE

but they wore out very quickly when fired with cordite/nitrocellulose cartridges (introduced in 1895) and so in 1895 the Enfield rifled barrel was introduced

Original Dutch Netherlands Pre-WWI KNIL Royal Dutch Indian Army Officer Kepi Empire Edged Weapons primarily on the Western frontOriginal Item: Only one Available. Here we have a very nice example of an early 20th century Dutch Kepie (Kepi), as issued to the Koninklijke Nederlandsch Indisch Leger (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army), usually abbreviated as KNIL. This area, usually referred to as the "Dutch East Indies", is today known as the country of Indonesia. Like most European Colonial holdings, military forces were raised from the local population for defense for both