Pictures from China 1914
Reproduced from the Doppler Collection by kind permission



 


This page shows a collection of illustrations made by R. Becker (possibly Robert Becker of the 1st Company, Kiaochow Naval Artillery) showing an eyewitness' view of the Fall of Tsingtao in November 1914. They are unique in that I have not so far been able to find any photographs or other illustrations made from the German point of view during the Siege of Tsingtao.

The photographs of these illustrations are © Doppler 2005, please respect his generosity in sharing these photos with us by not reproducing them without prior permission.

The photographs showing members of the Seebatallione, Imperial Navy, East Asian Expeditionary Corps and Tsingtao Chinese Police that used to be displayed on this page are now on the Period Uniform Photographs Page.

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The personally illustrated opening page to a memoir of Tsingtao by R. Becker showing a mounted trooper from the III. Seebatallion in khaki tropical uniform.   A dramatic colour drawing of the last stand of a naval battery at Tsingtao 1914. Note the variety of naval blue and khaki or grey uniforms being worn.   Another drawing also showing the fall of Tsingtao.
   
An illustration showing the German Torpedo Boat S-90 and the Austro-Hungarian Cruiser SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth under enemy fire.   The cloth binding cover of the memoir and sketches signed by the author and dated Osaka Prisoner of War camp, 1916.   The Chinese style binding cover of the memoir.
   

 

    

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