Members of the German Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika in their uniforms, from left to right: a sergeant in an orderly suit, a paymaster aspirant and a rear fireworker in a dress suit, a chief and lower gunsmith in a dress suit, non-commissioned officers in a coat or orderly suit and a Sudanese / 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

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Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg - Schwerin photograph from 1907. He wears a uniform of the German Schutztruppe. As early as 1905 he undertook a research trip to D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a , which was followed by further trips to Central Africa and Cameroon between 1907 and 1911. The Duke became a distinguished explorer and later published travelogues. / Photographer: Scherl

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