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who showed strength of mind, determination, or solidarity, and performed praiseworthily help for
Dutchmen that were made prisoner of war or interned by the enemy during
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The bronze six-pointed star with a flaming sun and the words "de geest overwint" (English: the spirit triumphs) was designed by
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Resistance Star has been awarded 471 times. The star is a high award and has precedence just after the
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Netherlands East Indies who showed praiseworthily help for Dutchmen interned by the enemy during
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Due to the loss of the archive of the
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The
Resistance Star East Asia with corresponding ribbon bar.
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De geest overwint. De verzetsster Oost-Azië 1942-1945
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228:Military awards and decorations of the Netherlands
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223:Awards established in 1948
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111:Honorable Mention
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126:Bronze Cross
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185:Frans Smits
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139:Dutch
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