This book hopes to fill the much neglected area of both the German and Namibian medallic history and research namely the so called colonial Iron Crosses and Wound Badges that were awarded in the German colony of South West Africa during the 1914 – 1915 war. The book will give the reader the background and events that led to the awarding of the ‘Hildegard Orden’, the only official variant of the 1914 Iron cross, in German South West Africa. Also included is the history of both the Iron Cross and Wound Badge that were awarded for the 1914 – 1915 campaign in the German colony as well as name lists of those that were awarded these decorations.