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German South-West Africa (DSWA) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was taken over by the Union of South Africa (as part of the British Empire) and administered as South-West Africa, finally becoming Namibia in 1990. Africans over seven years of age were required to carry a token, the so-called pass mark (Passmarke), which can bee seen as some kind of passport. Interestingly these pass marks are mostly offered by coin collectors/shops as it`s a token but has nothing to do with coins. However these Passmarken are rare to find and rather pricey. I do collect passports for years but never was considering this type. Well, I belive I will go for one when the price is right. (I used the category paper/documents as I always post my passports there and as explained before it`s in fact a document even not made from paper.)
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That is very interesting, love the history. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for your comment, glad you like it.
There is a listing of these native passes from about 18 different place names in a book published by Jerry Schimmel in 1986.
Thank you for your comment and the reference to this book. There are more.
"The Native Pass Tokens of German Southwest Africa" by McGregor/Häberling written in German/English. Showing all types and telling the complete history. By my knowledge the most comprehensive book to this topic. Author Golf Dornseif made also several articles about DSWA incl. the passmarken...http://www.golf-dornseif.de . His articles and website is in German only.