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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 370385, member: 6986&quot;]When I first began collecting paper money 20+ years ago, one of the areas that I actively collected was the notes from German East Africa which is now part of Tanzania.&nbsp; Most of the notes from the colony were issued during WWI.&nbsp; The history of WWI in Africa, particularly East Africa is a fascinating one.&nbsp; The commander of the German forces in East Africa was a gentleman by the name of Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.&nbsp; When I began my on-line life, I adopted the short version of his name as my username.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here he is depicted on a 75 pfennig notgeld from Berlin from 1921.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/lettow75.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This notgeld from Quern commemmorates his visit to that city in 1919.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/visit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of the notes issued in German East Africa during the war.&nbsp; While most notes were printed by a commercial printer, this particular note was printed using a toy printing set with rubber type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j83/mufelika/1rupiebush.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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