German Colonial RAO3mSchl to the governor of German-New-Guinea

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Hello,

after posting some photos, I wish to post this nice and rare certificate to the governor of German-New-Guinea!! Rudolf von Bennigsen was the first governor of German-New-Guinea.

Von Bennigsen served also in German-Eastafrica (as a financial director) and introduced the so-called "Hüttensteuer" in 1897. In German-Eastafrica he was also the deputy of the governor.

In 1901 ended his career as a governor. May be he received the RAO3mSchl for his adoption?

Here is a nice link of Rudolf von Bennigsen. Unfortunately only in german:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_von_Bennigsen_%28Gouverneur%29#cite_ref-3

In the Rank lists of 1902 we can find the following decorations:

RAO3mSchl

LD1

SC2b

Best wishes

Karsten

P.S: Sorry I tried it several times but I couldn´t post a scan with higher solution. So I hope that this one is good enough