Hendrik Jan Schmidt was a Dutch military officer and Captain in the Korps Maréchaussée.
Military Career and Service in Aceh
Schmidt was decorated repeatedly for bravery in Aceh: Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau (1902), Knight 4th Class Military William Order (1908), Honorary Sabre (1911), and Knight 3rd Class Military William Order (1913).
See Also
- Korps Maréchaussée te voet in Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden
- Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz
- Louis Adriaan Snell
Source
Het Korps Maréchaussée in Atjeh: De Atjehsche Garde 1890 - 2 April 1930, Het Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië, Extra Jubileum-nummer, Batavia, 2 April 1930, pp. 5–20.