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20 Mark Note, Haspe, Germany, 1918

Object Details

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Description
[[obverse text]]
GUTSCHEIN DER STADT HASPE / ÜBER ZWANZIG MARK / 20 / 20 / DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD SPÄTESTENS BIS ZUM 1. FEBRUAR 1919 ZUR EINLÖSUNG DURCH / DIE STADTKASSE IN DER HASPER ZEITUNG, DER HAGENER ZEITUNG UND DEM WESTFÄLISCHEN / TAGEBLATT AUFGERUFEN WERDEN. / HASPE, DEN 1.DEZ. 1918. / DER BÜRGERMEISTER: / [[signature]] / No 23722 / [[translation]] VOUCHER OF THE CITY OF HASPE WORTH TWENTY MARK / 20 / 20 / THIS VOUCHER WILL BE CALLED UP IN THE HASPE NEWSPAPER, THE HAGE NEWSPAPER, AND THE WESTPHALIAN DAILY FOR REDEEMING VIA THE CITY BANK BY FEBRUARY 1, 1919 AT THE LATEST. / HASPE, THE 1ST OF DECEMBER 1918. / THE MAYOR: [[signature]] / No 23722 [[/translation]]
[[reverse text]]
1914 - 1918 / SEI AMBOSS BEI DES SCHICKSALS SCHLÄGEN / SONST SOLLST DU DICH ALS HAMMER REGEN / DÄ JÄMPERSTRÖTER SIND BEKANNT / Aß TRÜ UN DÜTSCH IM VADERLAND. / SÄ HOLT TE HOOPE IN FREID UN LEED / UN WANN’T OOK NOCH SO DRIETTERIG STEHT! / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / MARK / [[translation]] 1914 – 1918 / BE THE ANVIL UPON THE BLOWS OF FATE - / OTHERWISE YOU SHOULD BESTIR YOURSELF AS THE HAMMER / THE [[JOHANN PETER*?]]-VAGABONDS [[troublemakers]] ARE KNOWN / [[ACE-ATE ?]] TRUE AND GERMAN IN THE FATHERLAND. / SAID KEEP TOGETHER IN JOY AND SONG / AND EVEN WHEN IT IS STILL SO SHITTY! / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 20 MARK [[/translation]]
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
date made
1918
date on object
1918-12-01
Credit Line
Ludwig Hummel
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8.7 cm x 13.8 cm x .01 cm; 3 7/16 in x 5 7/16 in x in
Object Name
note
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