Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

German East Africa, S.M.S. Königsberg, brass 200, 100 and 50 Pfennigs, 30mm, 5.55g/12h, 28mm, 4.73g/12h, 25mm, 3.36g/12h (Schimmel 1050, 1100, 1200; Ford 296; cf. DNW 112, 1335 and 122, 1337) [3]. About very fine, rare £300-400

The original light cruiser Königsberg was disabled in the Rufiji delta, off Mafia Island, East Africa, 1915; these tokens are generally ascribed to that vessel, rather than to the replacement light cruiser of the same name which served in the German fleet from August 1916 to November 1918