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The Company retained its coinage rights even after the takeover of German East Africa by the government later in 1890. In 1904 the German government took over currency matters and established the Ostafrikanische Bank. The Rupie was initially equivalent to the Indian rupee. Until 1904, it was subdivided into 64 Pesa (equivalent to the Indian ...
German East Africa. German East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique. GEA's area was 994,996 km 2 (384,170 sq mi), [2][3] which was nearly three ...
The Battle of the Rufiji Delta was fought in German East Africa (modern Tanzania) from October 1914–July 1915 during the First World War, between the German Navy 's light cruiser SMS Königsberg, and a powerful group of British warships. The battle was a series of attempts, ultimately successful, to sink the blockaded German light cruiser.
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck was son of Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1832–1919) and Marie von Eisenhart-Rothe (1842–1919). He was born into the Pomeranian minor nobility, while his father was stationed as an army officer at Saarlouis in the Prussian Rhine Province. [5] He was educated in boarding schools in Berlin and joined the cadet corps at ...
A heller from German East-Africa. The German heller was resurrected in 1904 when the government took over responsibility for the currency of German East Africa from the German East Africa Company. The heller was introduced as 1/100 of a rupie instead of the pesa, which had been a 1/64 of a rupie up to that time. Bills of 80 and 20 Hellers from ...
Media in category "German East African Rupie, 1915–1917 (featured picture set)" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. GEA-9Ab-Deutsch Ostafrikanische Bank-1 Rupie (1915).jpg 3,514 × 4,309; 5.02 MB
The East African campaign in World War I was a series of battles and guerrilla actions, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions of Mozambique, Rhodesia, British East Africa, the Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The campaign all but ended in German East Africa in November 1917 when the Germans entered Mozambique and ...
A German postal agency was established on 27 February 1885 in Lamu using German stamps for mail. [1] Following the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty in 1890 Germany created the colony of German East Africa. Initially German stamps were used. [2] The first postage stamps for German East Africa were German stamps surcharged in pesa values in 1893 ...