Korps Marechaussee te voet

Korps Marechaussee te voet
Native marechaussee in uniform circa 1900, by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht
Founded1890
Disbanded1942
Headquarters Batavia
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefG. G. J. Notten
G. J. W. C. H. Graafland
J. B. van Heutsz

The Korps Marechaussee te voet (literally "marshal corps on foot") were a colonial gendarmerie of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL), principally used for counter-insurgency in the Dutch East Indies.

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