Oberstleutnant Georg Kraut (1870 - 1964), Adjutant von Lettow-Vorbeck - drei persönliche Fotoalben, 1911 - 1916
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Lot 3384 | Oberstleutnant Georg Kraut (1870 - 1964), Adjutant von Lettow-Vorbeck - drei persönliche Fotoalben, 1911 - 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel Georg Kraut (1870 - 1964), adjutant to Lettow-Vorbeck - three personal photograph albums, 1911 – 1916
Album no. VIII, dated 28 December 1911 - 11 May 1913, with photographs no. 668 - 762 (dimensions mostly 9 x 13 cm, four photographs missing). Including askari chapel, Mtussi, Manjema (man-eaters), Dar es Salaam (Wissmann monument, among others), Suez Canal, steamers, sailing boats etc. Album no. X, dated 30 April 1914 - 22 October 1914, with photographs no. 812 - 859 (dimensions mostly 9 x 13 cm, three photographs missing). Including Captain Kraut on horseback, his cook and boy, Lake Chala, boundary commission, bastion of the Boma Arusha, march to Engare Nairobi North etc. Album No. XI, dated 1 November 1914 - 6 July 1916, with photographs No. 860 - 959 (dimensions mostly 9 x 13 cm, seven photographs missing). Including battlefield of Longido, German officers, auxiliary troops, Captain Kraut on horseback, machine gunners, fortified place at Engare Nairobi, cannon, Major Kraut, General von Lettow-Vorbeck etc. Each album slightly damaged in places and in a numbered cover of fine green linen (somewhat rubbed, slightly cracked), dimensions 27 x 33 x 4 cm, 27 x 18 x 3 cm and 27 x 33 x 5 cm.
Condition: II
| Auction house category: | Navy and Protection Forces |
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