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A white officer supervises a shooting by local policemen, while a black non-commissioned officer takes over the briefing. / 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
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
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
Officers of the Imperial Navy in front of the monument to the occupation of Kiautschou Bay by Admiral Diederichs in 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
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