Token [German Tax Token]

Object detail

Accession number

2018.52.2

Production period

1910s

Description

This flat metal octagonal tag is a German Colonial tax token from Cameroon dated 1914 and is inscribed with "10 M. / Bezirk Ossidinge / No.870 / 1914".

Marks

10 M. / Bezirk Ossidinge / No.870 / 1914 Engraved

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Metal/Aluminium

Physical description

1 metal tag : black and white : 3 x 3 cm

Collection

Charles Kingsley Mills Collection

Credit Line

1914. Token [German Tax Token], 2018.52.2. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Token Token, Tax Communication Artefacts Exchange Media

Production place

Cameroon Central Africa Africa

Collection type

Air and Space Transport

Subject auto tags

Coin Money handling Money Currency Nickel Circle Font Metal Fashion accessory Artifact

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