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General Sudirman (January 24, 1916 - January 29, 1950) was the military commander of Indonesian forces during the country's fight for independence from the Dutch in the 1940s.
During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia during World War II, Sudirman trained to become a battalion commander in Peta, the "homeland defense" army promoted by the Japanese. When Japan surrendered and Sukarno proclaimed Indonesian independence, he organized his Peta battalion into a Banyumas-based regiment of the Republican army to resist Dutch reoccupation of its former colony.

Today’s note is a Sample Printing on bank note paper printed by Perum Peruri, the state owned printing and minting firm in Indonesia that began in 1972. ENJOY!!

(Front) The note features General Sudirman as a young man and also in military formation. (Back) Blank