ALBUM WITH PHOTOS OF THE PARADE AT THE IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY.

Origin: China.
Date: Dated 1917; January 29th.
Technique: Notebook (25.5 x 19.5cm) with 16 photos (ca. 8.6 x 14.5cm).
Description: The parade took place in the German Protectorate Kiautschou in the South of the Chinese peninsular Shandong.

Supplement: a+b) Two framed photos: Three mariners on camel back in front to the Cheops pyramide and the sphinx. Ca. 1901\; Chinese horse drawn carrige. c) Framed with glass: Printed memory leaf 1914/19 Tsingtau. d-f) Two portraits (1915) of and a letter (1919) to A. Grete. g) Portrait of a friend (1919).
Condition A/B.

Provenance:
-Collection August Grethe (1884-unknown). Grethe came to the Navy in 1906 and became ensign in 1912 and later chief petty officer.
-Private collection through inheritance; Northern Germany.

Compare:
-In our 415th auction in June 2018 where sold as lot 2081/2082 two photo albums from the same collection.