1 Heller German East Africa (1885-1919) Copper

1907, German East Africa. Cloonial Bronze 1 Heller Coin. 

Mint Date: 1907
Reference: KM-7.
Region: East Africa
Denomination: 1 Heller
Mint Place: Hamburg (J)
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 20mm
Weight: 3,95gm

Obverse:Large crown of the German Empire with ribbons above date (1907), flanked by rosettes.
Legend: DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA

Reverse: Value (1) above denomination (HELLER)) and mint initial (J). All within olive-wreath.

German East Africa (German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in East Africa, including what are now Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika (the mainland part of present Tanzania). It measured 994,996 km² (384,170 square miles) in size, nearly three times the size of re-united Germany today.

The colony came into existence during the 1880s and ended with the conclusion of World War I, when the territory was taken over by the British and Belgians and later converted to mandates of the League of Nations.