The German colonial empire was a set of overseas colonies that the German empire occupied at the end of the 19th century. The empire was then ruled by the Hohenzollern dynasty. The formation of the colonies began in 1884. The German colonial empire officially disappeared with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on January 10, 1919.
The album is in German, printed in 1936.
Covers of the album is with one tipped-in color plate of a tropical landscape in the foreground and a glacier in the background.
This picture is surrounded by a blindstamped, gilt frame and two blindstamped figures - one symbolizing a German
colonist and the other person of an apparently African tribe. Blindstamped lettering on gilt background.
On 72 pages there is 270 coloured cigarette cards, some maps and charts. Beautiful background illustrations in b&w. Including a 'Colonial commemorative plaque' at front depicting
the 11 most important German colonists (pic 2).
Included are pictures of German-East Africa, German-Southwest Africa, Cameroon, Togo, Emperor Wilhelm Land, Bismarck Archipelago, The South Seas, Caroline and Marshal Islands, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Kiao-Chau, complete with all colored cigarette cards mounted correctly.
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