Contains among other things: Sending officers to Cape Town for espionage purposes (1907) Preparations for a colonial understanding agreement with England (1909)

Contains among other things: Testimonial booklets as Kadett 1881-1882 Testimonial booklets as Kadett 1883-1887 Appointment as Portepee Ensign in 4th Guard Regiment on Foot, Feb. 7, 1888 Testimony of Maturity as Officer, Dec. 24, 1888 Appointment as Seconde Lieutenant, Feb. 17, 1888 Granting of Permission to Carry the Name of Lettow-Vorbeck, Feb. 30, 1888 March 1891 appointed Premier-Lieutenant, 30 May 1895 certificate of the Kriegsakademie, 31 Oct. 1898 appointed Captain, 23 Oct. 1901 certificate of employment as Captain of the Schutztruppe, 23 March 1901 transferred from East Asian Expeditionary Corps to Queen Elisabeth Garde-Grenadier-Regiment No. 3, Sept. 9, 1901 Command to the Great General Staff, Sept. 14, 1906 Appointment as Major of the Infantry, March 22, 1907 Appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the Marine Infantry, Oct. 1, 1913 Command as representative of the Commander of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika, Oct. 12, 1913 Command as representative of the Commander of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika, Sept. 12, 1913 Command as representative of the Commander of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika, Sept. 12, 1913 Command as representative of the Commander of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika, Sept. 12, 1913 Command as representative of the Commander of the German Army, Sept. 12, 196 Appointment as Major of the Infantry, March 22, 1907 Appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the Marine Infantry, Oct. 12, 1913 Command as representative of the Schutz. Dec. 1913 promotion to Major General, Oct. 29, 1917 permission to carry on the uniform of the Schutztruppe, March 1, 1919 appointment as leader of a Reichswehr brigade, March 9, 1919 resignation from the Reichswehr, Sept. 30, 1919

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

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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: Damage to the service bicycle of the Lakaien Schneider - Offers from postcard and medal dealers, the Gustav Bock nursery in Berlin (floral decorations) and various gastronomic aromas for the opening of the Kyffhäuser memorial - Application by Alma Klose from Rudolstadt for the felling of an acacia tree on the chicken staircase affecting her property - The sale of confectionery by the roofer Hohmann on the Rathsfeld by G. Hedeler from Leipzig for the indication of the volume number of the princely library for the admission of the same into the directory of the private libraries (volume III) - Harassment of the daughter of the Oberforstmeister [Rudolf] von Ketelhodt in the theatre box. Loss of a travel bag of Prince Bentheim during a visit to Kelbra and Roßla.- Non-application of the uniform German spelling for the princely houses and their cabinets.- Promotions and recruitments at the Reichspost.- Concert offer of the Hofkapelle Braunschweig.- Intentional foundation of spa seats for officers who fought in South West Africa by the Schwarzeck Sanatorium in Blankenburg.- Suggestions for a Schiller Festival 1905 - request for a special prize for the XXth Congress of the General Cyclists Union (German Touring Club) in Weimar - exit of the German Cyclists Association - Gauverband 16 Thuringia - to Schwarzburg and Paulinzella - commemoration of the Rudolstadt Military Association.

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