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

Inauguration ceremony of the Protestant Christuskirche in Tsingtau by the officials and officers of the German colonial administration and their family members / Photographer: Scherl

Officers of the Imperial Navy in front of the monument to the occupation of Kiautschou Bay by Admiral Diederichs in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

On 27 January 1898, the first troop parade of the German army took place in the new colony at the beach camp in Tsingtau. Before the squadron commander Admiral von Diederichs and his officers the newly landed troops defile / Photographer: Scherl

Contains among other things: The Captain of Köpenick, p. 1; Bismarck's Dismissal, p. 5; Inactive Officers, p. 7; Reform of Military Jurisdiction in France, p. 25; Colonial Pessimism, p. 27/28; Self-loading Rifles, p. 1; Bismarck's Dismissal, p. 5; Colonial Pessimism, p. 27/28; Self-loading Rifles, p. 1 37; Prince Philipp zu Eulenburg, p. 41; Ludwig Ganghofer, p. 49; Refusal to obey from a religious point of view, p. 59; English Army Reform, p. 61/62; Cheap Labour, p. 77; Warrior Association Parties, p. 83

Contains among other things: Offiziere: Aussichten der Offizier Karrierebahn, p. 47; Transfer of officers, excerpt from a brochure "Militärische Bedenken" by K. von Wartenberg. p. 59; Reichstag: Lieutenant General von Trotha, Commander of the Troops of Deutsch-Südwestafrika: His Appearance in the Reichstag, p. 61; Hague Conference 1899: Criticism of the German Representative, Count Münster, by Alfred H. Fried, p. 17; the Emperor and the Idea of Arbitration, by Alfred H. Fried, p. 31

Officers of the landing squad S.M.S. 'Kaiser', the flagship of the Rear Admiral of Diederichs, at the time of the coastal occupation. They are the first German colonial rulers to arrive in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Members of the German Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika in their uniforms, f.l.t.r.: a purser in a Diesntanzug, an officer in a parade suit or in a service suit, a doctor in a coat, a hospital assistant and a sergeant in an orderly suit / Photographer: Scherl