Soldier's Handbook with Attachments

Here you can see a Soldier’s Handbook with various attachments. What is particularly interesting about this handbook is the attachment of the training schedule for the conscript sergeant from 1937 III, dated April 19th - May 21st, 1938. The schedule lists the lessons that a corporal undergoing training to become a sergeant had to follow. The names of the military personnel who conducted these lessons are listed at the bottom of the schedule:

1. Lieutenant Fransen
2. Adjutant Steeds
3. Sergeant Balt
4. Sergeant Wieringa
5. Sergeant Major Troost
6. Sergeant Roubos.

The Soldier’s Handbook is a standard publication of the Royal Military Academy. It contains information regarding ranks, insignia, weapon usage, and maintenance. Often, there is a name and unit written inside the cover of such booklets, but in this case, that is not the case.

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