| Since starting this website in 2003 by myself I have received hundreds of
helpful and complimentary emails from many experts in various fields. Some
have emailed me to offer more information or to helpfully correct mistakes on the
website. I am pleased to have heard from many people including Imperial
German militaria collectors, African history archivists, experts in native Pacific dialects,
a camel trainer from Namibia, people whose Grandparents
served in the Schutztruppe and those whose relatives served against them.
This website is all the richer for their help and contributions.
My first thanks goes to
Greg Gerardi who has been a constant source of useful information. His
encouragement and advice has helped this website grow from strength to
strength. Thanks very much also to
Damien Doppler for sharing photographs of his amazing collection of
colonial militaria as well as his expert knowledge in this field.
Thanks also to the following who
have emailed in more information, photographs and encouragement which
has helped in the expansion of this website:
Cristiano
Campos (for his general keenness and specialist knowledge of
insignia)
Arne Schöfert (for his specialist knowledge of the German colonies)
Johannes Sundermann (for his specialist knowledge of the
Imperial German Navy)
Christopher Wood (for his
specialist knowledge of edged weapons)
Gordon McGregor (for his specialist knowledge of German South
West Africa)
Bruce Swanton (for his specialist knowledge of New Guinea)
Peter Abbott (for his specialist knowledge of colonial history
in general)
Jim Haugh (for his specialist knowledge of Austro-Hungarian
troops)
MC Heunis (for his specialist knowledge of artillery and many aspects of German
history relating to South Africa)
Sven Schepp (for his specialist knowledge of the South West
African Landespolizei)
Thomas Morlang
(for his specialist knowledge
of the German colonies)
Jay Graham (for his
specialist knowledge of brass musical instruments)
Tony and Kaiser (for their specialist knowledge of
Imperial German uniforms)
Glenn Jewison (for his specialist knowledge of Imperial Germany
and Austria-Hungary)
Paul Scarlata (for his specialist knowledge of
firearms)
Holger Kotthaus (for his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery)
Vincent Wratten (for his specialist knowledge of German colonial artillery)
Xavier Orthlieb (for his specialist knowledge of the Marine Feld
Batterie)
John Middleton (for sharing some great photographs)
Phil Buhler (for sharing some great photographs)
James Calaski (for sharing some great photographs)
Shaun Aumua (for sharing some great photographs)
Axel Scharr
(for sharing some great photographs)
Mike Murrie-Jones
(for sharing some great photographs)
Nate Friedlander (for sharing some great photographs)
Dow Cross (for sharing some great photographs)
Chip Minx
(for sharing some great photographs)
Bob Wagner
(for sharing some great photographs)
Joe Rookery (for sharing some great photographs)
Leonid Lantsman
(for sharing some great photographs)
Roy Williams
(for sharing some great photographs)
Bob William Green
(for sharing some great photographs)
Ian Harrion (for sharing some great photographs)
Peter Suciu (for
his specialist knowledge of Tropical Helmets and for sharing some great photographs)
Peter Whamond at German
Militaria
(for sharing some great photographs)
Joe Mikolajczak
(for sharing some great photographs)
Dixie Krauss
(for sharing some great photographs)
Adrien M (for sharing some great photographs)
Karsten Herzogenrath (for
sharing some great photographs)
Rolf Noeske
Manfred Schuster
Stephen Manners
Johan Somers
Mathieu
Willemsen
Christopher Flaherty
John McCuen
Joe Mikolajczak
John Pohl
Bill Hines
Tobias Gibbert
Marco Ramerini
Dietrich Köster
Per Finsted
Frank and Steve
Special thanks also go to all the
many very helpful members of the following highly recommended
Forums for so generously sharing their knowledge:
The
Axis History Forum (especially Peter H,
Marcus Wendel, Scarlett, David C. Clarke, VJK, CJ, Seesoldat,
Taigong, Canut,
Ohrdruf and Durand and many more too numerous to mention)
Colonel J and his friends at the
Pickelhaubes Forum
'Tintin1689'
at the
Great War Chat Forum
and the members of the
Traditionsverband Forum,
Gentleman's Military Interest Club and the Aerodrome
Forum
Thanks also to the staff at the
following excellent military museums:
Johan Wolfaardt at the
War Museum of the Boer Republics in Bloemfontein
Norbert Linke at
the Kolonialmuseum in Rödelsee
Christoph
Hatschek at the
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
in Vienna
and the very helpful staff
at the
Imperial War Museum
(London), the
Musée Royale de
l'Armée (Brussels),
South
African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg, .Musée de l'Armée
(Paris) and the Museo Militar (Lisbon).
Last but not least thanks to all
the authors of the books mentioned on the
Book Reviews Page and the owners of the
websites listed on the
Links Page for
supplying so much great source information.
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