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The Caprivi Strip – Result of a Diplomatic Blunder

Posted in Stamps and Stories, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The question that often crosses people’s minds is why the Caprivi Strip, which reaches far into the heart of the Southern African subcontinent and has its independent multi-facetted history, was demarcated in its present form and is part of Namibia. The area known as the Caprivi Strip became part of German South West Africa as [...]

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The Order of Hildegard: Iron Cross made of Cloth

Posted in History, News, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Order of Hildegard is a military decoration which was awarded by Imperial Germany for just a brief period of time and exclusively in the colony of German South West Africa. This order became the only officially recognized cloth variety of the Iron Cross. At the start of the First World War in August 1914 [...]

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Curt von François leaves noteworthy Legacy to Namibia

Posted in History, News, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

On 28 December 1931 it is 80 years since the former Reichskommissar and Landeshauptmann of German South West Africa, Curt von François, died at the age of 79. He only spent five years of his life in South West Africa but nevertheless he left a remarkable legacy. Curt von François is seen as the European [...]

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