The Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army

Royal Netherlands Army

The Royal Netherlands Army is the land forces element of the military of the Netherlands.-Short history:The Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, but its origins date back to 1572, when the so-called Staatse Leger was raised...

. It is planned to reactivate the regiment from suspended animation in 2005 to form a mechanized infantry

Mechanized infantry

Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers , or infantry fighting vehicles for transport and combat ....

 battalion as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade from 2007.

Battle honours

Quatre Bras 1815
Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

 1815
Citadel van Antwerpen 1832
Grebbeberg 1940
Java

Java

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1946-1949
West-Java 1946-1949
Nieuw-Guinea 1962
Zilveren Kruis (commemorative medal for participation 1815-campaign)