| 275 von Lettow-Vorbeck kämpfte. Für Georg Kraut waren während der Zeit in der Kolonie die Fotografie (viele frühe Farbfotos!) und die Jagd sehr wichtig. Nach seiner Rückkehr aus Afrika und seinem Abschied als Oberstleutnant 1920 widmete er sich seinem künstlerischen Interesse und engagierte sich kulturell vorwiegend in seiner Heimatstadt Hildesheim. So hielt er zahlreicheVorträge über seineZeit inAfrika, bei denen er die hier angebotenen Dias präsentierte. Auch dienten seine Dias teilweise als Vorlagen für Kriegspublikationen, zum Beispiel von seinem Freund Lettow-Vorbeck. Vgl. Auktion 98, Lose 3382 - 3384. Achtung: Kein Versand, nur für Selbstabholer. Lieutenant Colonel Georg Kraut (1870 - 1964), adjutant to LettowVorbeck - over 550 colonial glass slides with projector Wooden box with approx. 190 colour slides fromEast Africa (dimensions approx. 9 x 9 cm). Cardboard box with over 90 slides (around 50 colour slides, dimensions approx. 8 x 8 cm) fromEast Africa. Six diapositives in black and white (approx. 8 x 10 cm) in an old slide box, including LettowVorbeck and Kraut. Cardboard box with 27 diapositives in black and white (approx. 9 x 8 cm) and 75 negatives in black and white (approx. 9 x 12 cm). One boxwith 33 colour slides East Africa and 37 diapositivesGerman South West Africa. Box with five diapositives in black and white of the military cemetery Tanga. Original wooden box “Kraut Hildesheim” (approx. 38 x 17 x 17 cm) with roughly 100 slides (approx. 8 x 8 cm) German South West Africa from the 1920s/1930s (mandatory period). Including askaris, German officers, natives, battle shooting, railway, supply with pigs and poultry, Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Engare. Many slides with original captions by Kraut. Comes with the original projector Zeiss Ikon (newly electrified) in the original case byHenriksen&Steen (approx. 40 x 20 x 30 cm). Partly with cracks, minor flaws, slightly damaged, traces of use and age. A photographic treasure with many early colour slides. On 18 November 1909, Georg Kraut was transferred to German East Africa, where he fought alongside Commander-in-Chief Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in World War I. For Georg Kraut, photography (many earlier colour photographs!) and hunting played an important role during his time in the colony. After his return from Africa and his resignation as lieutenant colonel in 1920, he committed himself to his artistic interest and cultural activities primarily in his home town Hildesheim. He gave lectures on his time in Africa during which he presented the slides offered at this auction. His slides also served partly as reference material for war publications, for example, by his friend Lettow-Vorbeck. Cf. auction 98, lots 3382 – 3384. Attention: No shipping, pickup only. 315625 II € 3.500 4424
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