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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26707718, member: 135271&quot;]&quot;I <i>only</i> have&quot; he says. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That is a magnificent coin, also minted in Tabora. The Germans took greater care in minting the gold pieces than they did the brass and copper. I love that elephant on the obverse!</p><p><br /></p><p>You are absolutely right about von Lettow-Vorbeck. He was a brilliant general who managed to consistently out-manouver and defeat the much larger Allied forces sent against him. He also was beloved of his askaris and seems to have had a real respect for them, something that wasn&#039;t all that common in colonial Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1704938[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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