Autograph – Colonial Official Friedrich von Lindequist (1862–1945) – Consul General, German South West Africa

Autograph – Colonial Official Friedrich von Lindequist (1862–1945) – Consul General, German South West Africa.
Handwritten and signed letter, 1925. A folded sheet (22.5 x 18 cm) containing a letter of condolence addressed to a collector, written on both sides and dated "January 1, '25" in the upper right corner. It concludes with the phrase "in heartfelt [sympathy/regards]..." and is signed by hand: "von Lindequist, Imperial State Secretary (ret.)." Friedrich von Lindequist became a Prussian government assessor in the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office in 1892, and in late 1893, he arrived in German South West Africa. In 1902, he was appointed German Consul General in Cape Town. In 1905, during the final phase of the Herero Uprising, Lindequist took office as the first civilian Governor of German South West Africa. During the First World War, he served as "General Delegate for Voluntary Nursing Services in the East." From 1914 to 1933, Lindequist was the deputy chairman of the German Colonial Society, and between 1920 and 1934, he served as president of the German Fleet Association. His honors included an honorary doctorate from the University of Greifswald (1906) and having streets named after him. Provenance: The autograph collection of Gertrud Hoffmann and her daughter Else Karmann — "A German Autograph Collection, 1850–1967."