Askaris of the 4th Field Company in German East Africa, Kilimanjaro detachment, presenting their M/71 Jägerbüchsen.On April 1909 the Imperial German East African Schutztruppe decided to not convert to the…
I have a peculiar photo taken in Africa for Bandow's Best this week. This is from a grouping of images that belonged to a sailor of the SMS Strassburg. Look…
Chris' Curious Museum FindsWill you spot the oddity straight away on this medal bar?Medal Bar of a Herero Campaign Veteran- Swakopmund Museum, NamibiaThose of you familiar with German medals will…
Chris' Curious Museum Finds #2German Officer’s Uniform, Palestine c1916- Museum of the Great War, Meaux FranceI don’t think these two items belong together, though I believe they are both privately…
GERMAN STRATEGY IN CAMEROON IN THE FIRST WORLD WARI wrote an article on here before about the general defensive strategies of the German colonies in the First World War. All…