112 - Africa - Cameroon

Africa - Cameroon An extensive collection of over 100 documents and letters from the estate of former Imperial Judicial Inspector Hermann Rintisch. 1863–1946. Rintisch was apparently employed as a secretary in the government office of the German colony in Cameroon from 1905 to 1907. - Includes payroll and personnel lists for, among others, soldiers of the district office in Cameroon, Rintisch’s certificates, documents confirming his employment, various invoices, and documents regarding his retirement. Among these are several letters from Albert Heinrich Schnee, Director of the Imperial Colonial Office, as well as from Eduard Tigges, then President of the Berlin Court of Appeals. - Also included: maps of the German colonies on the African continent, buttons, photographs of women, images from “Uniforms of the Navy and Protectorate Forces,” and a 25 Francs Francaise coin from Togo, 1937. - Some documents have significant edge wear and tears. Text remains intact. Overall, a well-preserved and extensive collection. Extensive collection of over 100 documents and letters from the estate of the former imperial judicial inspector Hermann Rintisch (1863–1946). Rintisch was apparently employed as a secretary in the government office of the German colony in Cameroon between 1905 and 1907. The collection includes payroll and porter lists for, among others, soldiers of the district office in Cameroon, certificates and references for Rintisch, confirmations of his employment, various invoices, as well as documents relating to his retirement. Among these are several letters from Albert Heinrich Schnee, director of the Imperial Colonial Office, as well as from Eduard Tigges, who was president of the Berlin Kammergericht (Superior Court) at the time. Also included: maps of the German colonies on the African continent, buttons, photographs of women, images from *Uniformen der Marine und Schutztruppen* (“Uniforms of the Navy and Colonial Troops”), and a 25-franc coin from French Togo, dated 1937. Although the documents show significant wear and tears along the margins in some places, the text itself remains intact. Overall, this is a well-preserved and extensive collection.