Coins

German East Africa, SMS Königsberg, brass 200 Pfennig, undated, 5.52g/12h (Schimmel 1200; Ford 296; cf. DNW 122, 1337). Very fine, scarce £90-£120

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