This guide will address only the DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA 1911 clasp which was worn on the Kolonialdenkmünze. The Imperial German Colonial Medal (Kolonialdenkmünze, or KDM) was established by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 13 June 1912 with revisions on 17 February 1914.  The medal with clasps was awarded retroactively.  

The clasp DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA 1911 was awarded for the Womba Punitive Expedition in January and February 1911.  The Womba (also called Lä-Womba or Lae-Womba) were ferocious pygmies who resided in the Kaiser-Wilhelmsland highlands and often staged attacks against the coastal residents who were under German protection.  The colonials (mainly tobacco farmers) requested assistance and Police Troops were sent to punish the Womba.  Some interesting passages have been located which sheds some contemporary thought on this topic: 

• A 1911 document (attributed to Herr Neuhauss) refers to the Lae being driven from their homes by the Lae-Womba and those who were not slain having settled further east on the north coast of the Huon Gulf.  It gives no indication as to the date at which this occurred (although it must have been in 1910). 
• In a 8 March 1911 report by Herr Heine (an officer of the New Guinea Company at Friedrich Wilhelmshafen) to the headquarters,  he mentions that District Officer G. Berghausen had established that there were two settlements at the north-west corner on the coast (near the Markham River) on which people from Logamu were living.  Berghausen is said to have been of the opinion that the settlements had been in existence at the time of survey or at the time of examination by the previous District Officer but Herr Heine believed that the settlements had only been established lately.  The report makes no mention of Womba attacks on these two settlements, which is quite odd and begs many questions.
• District Officer G. Berghausen stated in a 1912 report: “For years, bloody fights have been taking place between the Lae Womba and the coastal tribes”.  He praises the Neuendettelsau Lutheran Mission for its efforts in bringing about peace as a result of the Womba Punitive Expedition.

This clasp was awarded only to Imperial German Colonial Police Troops although there appears to be a number of men who were attached.  Less than 500 men were authorized this clasp (in all categories) and possibly only half received the  DEUTSCH-NEUGUINEA 1911 clasp in 1912. While the medal is somewhat rare, these bronze clasps are very rare.  As of November 2006, this bronze clasp is only known in one officially issued type:  same width as the ribbon, wide lettering, flat back, pebbled background and with soldered prong backs.   This is not to say that another type wasn't officially issued as well but that only this one type has been verified. 

• In 1999, a single clasp was sold in Germany for €144
• In Jan. 2004, a single clasp was offered in Germany for €250
• In October 2006, a single clasp was sold in Germany for €260
• In Jan. 2007, a single clasp and KDM was offered in Germany for €400
• In Feb. 2007, a single clasp was offered in Germany for €300
• In March 2007, a single clasp was offered online by a German dealer for €260
• In January 2008, a single clasp in perfect condition was offered in Hamburg, Germany for €300

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