In brief
> The emblem of the division exists from the town weapon of Batavia (straight standing sword with laurel wreath) and the
characters E M of Expeditionary Power.
> The 7 December Division in Indië existed from 18,544 persons.
> Major General of the artillery H.J.J.W. Dürst Britt were the first commander of the 7 December Division.
> The majority of this division existed from conscripts with as birth year 1925 and stayed wide 3 years in Indië.
> On 1 September 1946 the quarter makers left to Indië the rest followed short afterwards.
> End 1949 returned the first troop ship with members of the 7 December Division in the Netherlands and the complete return of the division beginning 1950 was rounded.
> In Indië died 683 soldiers of this division according to data of defense.
> Each year around 7 December is there a commemoration of the 7 December Division.
> On 1 January 2004 1 Division was raised '7 December' but the name lives on in 11 the LMB Aalst "7 December".
> Friday 20 October 2006 the monument of the former 1 Division 7 December has been moved of king Willem III-barracks in Apeldoorn to the Orange barracks in Schaarsbergen the duty station of 11 airborne mobile brigade Aalst "7 December".
> Friday 4 December 2009, it was the 50th anniversary of the 7 December Division on the Orange barracks in Schaarsbergen.
Literature
> We were called
The history written of the 7 December Division in Indië Alfred van Sprang and spent in 1949.
> Memory album 1st infantry brigade group C of Division 7 December
1st part of 1 sept. 1946 - 1 mrt. 1947, 2e parts mrt. 1947 - sept 1947, 3e parts sept. 1947 - mrt. 1948 and 4e parts of 1 mrt. 1948- Demobilisatie. Spent A. W. Sijthoff `s me N.V. in Leiden
> The last division
The history of 1 Division `7 December `after the fall of the wall written Arthur at Cate (ISBN 9012106699)