"Miss. Bächtold u. Peyer bei der Landung i. Victoria (20.VIII.'45). "
Item Details
Title:
"Miss. Bächtold u. Peyer bei der Landung i. Victoria (20.VIII.'45). "
Alternate title:
"Rev. Bächthold and Rev. Peyer on landing in Victoria, 20th August 1945."
Description
Names
Creator:
Ammann, Walter (Mr)Name: Ammann, Walter (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2267
Date of Birth: 05.01.1902
Date of Death: 25.01.1976
Biography: Ammann went to the USA with the German Presbytarian Synod to study theology from 1924 to 1928. In 1930 he went to Ghana for the Basel Mission. After his return from Ghana Ammann was a pastor in Gsteig, Switzerland.
Profession: bank clerk (Bankangestellter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
20.08.1945
Proper date:
20.08.1945
Acquisition year:
1945
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Equatorial Guinea {modern state}: Bioko (island) {other geogr names}: St. Isabel (island) {other geogr names}
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Equatorial Guinea {modern state}: Bioko (island) {other geogr names}
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Cameroon {modern state}: South West Province {province}: Fako {division}: Limbe {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
harbour, harbour scene, landing stage, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m, travel
Individuals:
Ammann, Walter (Mr)Name: Ammann, Walter (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2267
Date of Birth: 05.01.1902
Date of Death: 25.01.1976
Biography: Ammann went to the USA with the German Presbytarian Synod to study theology from 1924 to 1928. In 1930 he went to Ghana for the Basel Mission. After his return from Ghana Ammann was a pastor in Gsteig, Switzerland.
Profession: bank clerk (Bankangestellter)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: USA {mission area}
Need more information?, Bächtold, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Bächtold, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2263
Date of Birth: 18.08.1901
Date of Death: 06.11.1988
Biography: Secretary of the home board ( "Committee") of the Basel Mission, in the Mission House Basel, from 1953 to 1959(?) or 1969 - and thus at that time also responsible for the archive.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Bächtold-Heiser, Martha (Ms)
Need more information?, Peyer, Ernst (Mr)Name: Peyer, Ernst (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 2305
Date of Birth: 02.09.1906
Date of Death: 21.03.1988
Biography: Once more in Cameroon: 1945 - 1948 as secretary of the Basel Mission in Buea.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.6cm x 5.3cm
[Condition]: good
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
E-30.91.054
Citation:
Reference: BMA E-30.91.054
Title: "Miss. Bächtold u. Peyer bei der Landung i. Victoria (20.VIII.'45). "
Creator: Ammann, Walter (Mr)
Date: 1945

Ammann, Walter (Mr), “Miss. Bächtold u. Peyer bei der Landung i. Victoria (20.VIII.'45). ,” BMArchives, accessed April 7, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/62405.
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