Tabouret à quatre pieds, avant 1909

Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909
By descent in the family, seller 2008
Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany

Lieutenant Albert Linke joined the Schutztruppe in German East Africa in May 1902. He was stationed with the 6th Company in Bismarckburg on Lake Tanganyika, where he served for a time as head of the military district. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1907. He retired from the Schutztruppe in 1909 and returned to Germany, where he remained in military service.