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The Order of Hildegard: Iron Cross made of Cloth

Posted in History, News, Uncategorized, tagged Dr. Theodor Seitz, emperor wilhelm, Emperor Wilhelm II, First World War in August 1914, Franco-Prussian War, German Red Cross, german south west africa, imperial germany, Iron Cross, King Friedrich Wilhelm III, lieutenant colonel, Order of Hildegard, schutztruppe, south west africa, von Heydebreck 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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The Jetty: Oyster Bar instead of Harbour Cranes

Posted in News, Personalised Stamps, Stamps and Stories, tagged british hands, carola kronsbein-goldbeck, city of swakopmund, deepwater harbour, gondwana, gondwana collection namibia, imperial germany, jetty, light boats, mole, namibia, railway wagons, south western part of africa, spruce timber, stamps and stories, swakopmund, Walfish Bay harbour, walvis bay on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Swimming in the bay at the breakwater (Mole), standing on the jetty and marvelling at the sunset – that is as much part of a holiday in Swakopmund as salt belongs in the ocean. Imagine that both of these attractions are simply the result of a few quirks of history. It is quite likely that [...]

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