German colonial arms
Posted: 27 Mar 2014, 09:08
An heraldic curiosity from a century ago : the arms which the Kaiser's heralds designed for the German colonies in 1914.
Africa : Togoland (now Togo) -- Kamerun (now Cameroon) -- German South West Africa (now Namibia) -- German East Africa (now mainland Tanzania).
Oceania : German Samoa -- German New Guinea (now part of Papus New Guinea).
The creation of these arms was inspired by the British system of colonial flag badges, which the German colonial minister had seen during a recent tour of the colonies. The arms never reached the German colonies, though ; World War I broke out before the project was finalised and Germany soon lost the colonies to the Allies.
Africa : Togoland (now Togo) -- Kamerun (now Cameroon) -- German South West Africa (now Namibia) -- German East Africa (now mainland Tanzania).
Oceania : German Samoa -- German New Guinea (now part of Papus New Guinea).
The creation of these arms was inspired by the British system of colonial flag badges, which the German colonial minister had seen during a recent tour of the colonies. The arms never reached the German colonies, though ; World War I broke out before the project was finalised and Germany soon lost the colonies to the Allies.