Tsingtao

[Windward]

As I known, some German colonies stayed there after the Great War. Tsingtao is a good place for living. Cheap price and low wage for local servants, nice climate and beautiful scenery, friendly Japanese occupiers and Chinese officers (you konw both Japs and Ch'se adore German products and culture, or German technologies and experts, as Russians do). Some of them lived there till 1950. There are lots of Chinese Lutheran in Tsingtao in the past and nowadays.

[Peter H]

German Marine,Tsingtao 1913.

[Peter H]

German patrol,Chinese Quarter Tsingtao.

[Peter H]

Tsingtao--Chinese recruited auxiliary police.

[Peter H]

Chinese levies with Germans.

[Windward]

German-made sewer tubes dig out on Aug 2, slick, solid, almost new after 100 years.

From Qing Dao Ri Bao (Tsingtao News)

[Windward]

Tsingdao map 1912, from the online library of University of Texas,
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html

[Chris Dale]

I don't think the photo you posted, Moulded, was of the German raised Tsingtao Police. They look more like the later Japanese run force to me. Here's a picture of the uniforms worn by the German run Police force from the www.Traditionsverband.de website.

There's photos of them at- http://www.kukri.de/
More information on Tsingtao at- http://www.tsingtau.info/
And you may find more information on Uniforms in Tsingtao at my website at- www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk

Hope this helps,
Cheers
Chris

[Gregorus]

http://www.nexusboard.net/showthread.ph ... did=248305

http://www.nexusboard.net/showthread.ph ... did=244484

http://www.jaduland.de/kolonien/landkar ... lagen.html

http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_ ... Tao_00.htm

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... hp?t=63392

[Seesoldat]

Do you know this and its subsites:

http://www.marine-infanterie.de/html/4_10.html

Markus

[Marcus]

From Bundesarchiv:

China, Tsingtau.- Soldaten vor Reichskriegsflagge posierend

Original historic description:

China, Tsingtau
Kom. Gouvernement - Letzte Ostern in Kiautschou
Reserve hat noch 300 Täglein; 1909 - 1912
Foto um 1912
UBz:
4. Reihe: Stölting, Fein,
3.Reihe -mitte-: Urbach, Rosenkranz, Junge, Fräse, Kuklan, Neugebauer, Heim
3.Reihe aussen r.+l.:Bergmann, Rink, Hasselmann, Bornemann
2.Reihe v. vorn: Quinten, Hirsch, Held, Schmidt, Mengel, - ganz außen- Drescher
1.Reihe v. vorn: Illgen, Bobländer