Chinese recruits with their rifles have started the roll call and are instructed by German non-commissioned officers / Photographer: Scherl

A local who is a member of the Schutztruppe under Lettwo-Vorbeck carries a rifle. His chambers are resting / Photographer: Scherl

• Photography* description: The picture shows a huge troop of uniformed men who have been set up exactly and are aiming with a rifle.

• description: Two men (black and white) sitting on horses and a pack mule, stand together in a group. The white man standing in front carries a rifle. You seem to belong to a troupe. In the foreground: Sitting two dogs. In the background: vegetation, in li* photography

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German occupying troops in Tsingtau in the foreland of the fortress. The soldiers with rifles are lying in wait for the enemy / 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

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

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