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Call by the commander-in-chief of the South African Union troops, General Louis Botha, announces that in German Southwest Africa the means of payment will become invalid. / Photographer: Scherl
Governor Adolf Graf von Götzen (5th from left) bids farewell to white and colored soldiers of the 5th Company of the German Protection Force in order to take a longer vacation in Germany. Count von Götzen was governor of German East Africa from 1901 to 1906 / Photographer: Scherl
Coloured soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, at a parade in the station yard in Tanga in front of Governor Hermann von Wissmann. Hermann von Wissmann was governor of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the years 1895-96 / Photographer: Scherl
Coloured soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, at a parade in Dar es Salaam on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl
Coloured soldiers of a company of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, marching out in the first days of the First World War / Photographer: Scherl
Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a and German soldiers deport prisoners of war / Photographer: Scherl
Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a . Scene from the African Anabasis / Photographer: Scherl
Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a march with a trained rifle / Photographer: Scherl
Two warriors from the Ruga Ruga tribe are employed as local auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a . / Photographer: Scherl
Group of local soldiers on the march. The Askaris supported the German Schutztruppe under General Lettow-Vorbeck until the end of the war in 1918. / Photographer: Scherl
Cameroon: 1884-1914, colonies: Deutsch-Westafrika, Germany, German Empire Black soldiers and German officers: View of the chapel of the imperial garrison in the Cameroon protectorate / Photographer: Scherl
Cameroon: 1884-1914, colonies: German-Westafrica, Germany, German Reich Group photo of the first 20 native Askaris under the leadership of Lieutenant von Stetten in the German protectorate Cameroon / Photographer: Scherl
Captain at sea Zeye, commander of the landing corps S.M.S. 'Kaiser' and commander of the landing troops with his officers and interpreters in the Chinese military camp, in the east fort of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl
Carl Peters (1856-1918), German Africa researcher and colonial politician, poses with a rifle together with a native. Peters was Reichskommissar for the Kilimanjaro area from 1891-1893 / Photographer: Scherl
The command of the Schutztruppe in Dar es Salaam, from left to right: Paymaster Fritsch, Captain Baron Kurt von Schleinitz, Lieutenant General Wendland, Governor Major Count Adolf von Götzen, Lieutenant General Abel, Captain Johannes and Sergeant Triebel. Count Adolf von Götzen was governor of German East Africa from 1901 to 1906 / Photographer: Scherl
Inauguration ceremony of the Protestant Christuskirche in Tsingtau by the officials and officers of the German colonial administration and their family members / Photographer: Scherl
The German Kreuzer Königsberg supported the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck until 1915, until a defeat in the Rufiyi Delta. The surviving crew transported their wounded to Dar es Salaam with the help of local porters / Photographer: Scherl
