Odd photo Schutztruppe headgear
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Odd photo Schutztruppe headgear
Here's an odd photo I came across at http://www.imperialgermanphotographs.de
It shows a mounted trooper of the Kamerun Schutztruppe. What's odd is that he appears to be wearing a German East African askari's khaki covered tarbush rather than a Cameroon red fez.
Has anyone got any ideas as to why this would have happened?
Cheers
Chris
It shows a mounted trooper of the Kamerun Schutztruppe. What's odd is that he appears to be wearing a German East African askari's khaki covered tarbush rather than a Cameroon red fez.
Has anyone got any ideas as to why this would have happened?
Cheers
Chris
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Hi Cristiano,
Thanks for your opinion. I thought maybe it was DOA, as you say and that the photo was just captioned wrongly. But if you look closely you can see the red chevrons on his lower sleeve, showing him to be wearing a Cameroon tunic. Also I've never seen the Schutztruppe in DOA mounted on good horses before.
Cheers
Chris
Thanks for your opinion. I thought maybe it was DOA, as you say and that the photo was just captioned wrongly. But if you look closely you can see the red chevrons on his lower sleeve, showing him to be wearing a Cameroon tunic. Also I've never seen the Schutztruppe in DOA mounted on good horses before.
Cheers
Chris
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Chris
I´m not was see the chevrons, is very strange, these chevrion is really used in uniforms in Kamerun.
I see german askaris in east africa mounted, i´m try to find these photo again.
Every photo, more surprises.
Cheers
Cristiano.
I´m not was see the chevrons, is very strange, these chevrion is really used in uniforms in Kamerun.
I see german askaris in east africa mounted, i´m try to find these photo again.
Every photo, more surprises.
Cheers
Cristiano.
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Here's another photo (it's currently for sale at http://www.ebay.de , a search for Schutztruppe and Kamerun should find it). Again the caption says it's from Duala in Kamerun. This time there's a whole company with DOA tarbushes. It's difficult to make out for sure if they've got Kamerun red chevrons this time though.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Chris
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Chris
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Golden chevrons
Hi Chris
Strange
, more one photo from kamerun, but askaris using DOA fezzes.
About Chevorns used by germans, maybe thes chevrons was a member of medical NCO.
Maybe the gold chevrons is more darker than silver chevrons, isn´t?
And in these photo, because the black white, remember red chevrons.
Cheers
Cristiano.
Strange

About Chevorns used by germans, maybe thes chevrons was a member of medical NCO.
Maybe the gold chevrons is more darker than silver chevrons, isn´t?
And in these photo, because the black white, remember red chevrons.
Cheers
Cristiano.
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These cameroon Askaris with Tarbusch are presumable the unit, which Hans Dominik enlisted 1894 in Egypt. The 100 man are uniformed alike the regulations for DOA.
Here is one more foto, dated April, 1894 "Hans Domink meldet an von Stetten die angetretene Sudanesenkompanie in Duala." It´s not the same scene as Chris postet on Jan, 17th., but a little bit similar...both at Duala.
The Sudaneses were not long in cameroon. Most of them suffered because of the climate. Some changed to the german east african Schutztruppe, some others quit the army and returned to egypt.
(Thanks for these informations to Wolf Herterich!)
Arne
Here is one more foto, dated April, 1894 "Hans Domink meldet an von Stetten die angetretene Sudanesenkompanie in Duala." It´s not the same scene as Chris postet on Jan, 17th., but a little bit similar...both at Duala.
The Sudaneses were not long in cameroon. Most of them suffered because of the climate. Some changed to the german east african Schutztruppe, some others quit the army and returned to egypt.
(Thanks for these informations to Wolf Herterich!)
Arne
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