A photo album of a member of the German Schutztruppe in Beijing/Tsingtao, circa 1910Complete album with a total of 106 pictures in formats between 10 x 7.5 and 14 x 21 cm, glued to gilt-edge cardboard pages, often with old ink captions. Parade for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, infantry, soldiers on horseback, group photos of German and Chinese soldiers, photos of individual soldiers of other nationalities (Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria, USA, Scotland, India, Russia), German machine gunners, military drills, ships, barracks, execution, buildings, landscapes. In gold embossed brown leather spine (rubbed) and bound in padded, polychrome embroidered black silk covers. Partially torn, with small losses, signs of use and age. Complete (apart from a few sheets of tracing paper). Dimensions of album ca. 27.5 x 23 x 6 cm.Condition: II