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Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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The Colonial Tales Elephant Badge
« on: 20 September 2009, 09:14:22 AM »
The winner, as voted by the membership, will receive a special medallion on their forum profile displaying their victory to the world

just to get you motivated :)





more infos on it:
http://www.specialcamp11.fsnet.co.uk/Generalmajor%20Alfred%20Gutknecht.htm

"Although not confirmed, it would seem probable that Gutknecht held this rarely seen badge based on his World War I service with Generalmajor Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's forces in German East Africa. This official pin-backed breast badge was established by the Reich Minister of Reconstruction in October 1921 and awarded on 22 March 1922 to all Germans who, during World War I and in the former German Colonies, were acting or serving on behalf of the Colonies. The badge featured an elephant in the center with the inscription "SÜDSEE * AFRIKA * KIAUTSCHOU" around the rim."

 

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