English aid ship 'Brüssels', brought in by the Germans, which sailed under Captain Fryatt, in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Rider of the Schutztruppe in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Provisioning column from Windhoek in German South West Africa / Photographer: Scherl

Protective troops resting in the dry savannah / Photographer: Scherl

German troops in a conquered position of the English fort in British East Africa in Majoreni, 24 September 1914 / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the German Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck on the march / Photographer: Scherl

Heliographer's station on the top of a mountain in the Mahenge battlefield / Photographer: Scherl

In the German colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a the Kreuzer Königsberg was sunk on the coast. The German fleet was strengthened by Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the Schutztruppe. / Photographer: Scherl

The torpedo boat 'Wami' takes over a torpedo from the 'Königsberg' in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Map sketch of the combat operations of the Schutztruppe under Lettow-Vorbeck in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Motorcyclist of the Schutztruppe on a liaison trip German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Exercise of the German Schutztruppe with a dismountable barge on the pond in Mahenge / Photographer: Scherl

Map of the movements of the German Schutztruppe and the South African armed forces in German Southwest Africa during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Landing of the Portuguese-African troops from Portuese-East Africa coming over sea at Kilwa, in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese shelter in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese fleet convoy on the march in Tsingtau during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Japanese column in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War: A German prison camp in Aus. / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the Schutztruppe on the march through D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

German Schutztruppe in the Mahenge combat area resting on a harvested millet field. In the background characteristic formations of the Upogora Mountains / Photographer: Scherl

Landing of the pilot Trück, who was the first to land in the steppe of German Southwest Africa in the First World War. / Photographer: Scherl

A captive English colonel in the colony German South West Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Emergency money as replacement for missing legal tender in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Emergency money as a substitute for missing legal tender in the colony of German South-West Africa during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Camel rider patrol of the Schutztruppe at the rest / Photographer: Scherl

Artillery department of the Schutztruppe with ox team / Photographer: Scherl

The first German airplane and the first German car in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl