Die Deutsche Schutztruppe für Afrika
 by Moritz Ruhl

 

In this series of illustrations, Moritz Ruhl portrayed the uniforms of the Schutztruppe in the late 1890s. Most details are accurate however the use of cuff buttons in the white and khaki uniforms is not corroborated by period photographs.

  
     
     
 

 
     

 


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