The Imperial Schutztruppe for German South West Africa was the official name of the military formation that maintained the Imperial German rule in its colony of German South West Africa. The Schutztru
Camel patrol, German South West Africa, 1907
Camel cavalry, German South West Africa, 1904
Numbers of members of the Schutztruppe for German South West Africa per year (1898–1914) (missing data for the years 1906 and 1910–1912 were supplemented by mean values).
Curt Karl Bruno von François was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German Empire, particularly in German South West Africa w
François in Schutztruppe uniform, 1896
von François' restored grave in Berlin