1 Mark

Belgard — now Białogard in northwestern Poland — was a mid-sized Pomeranian town that, like hundreds of German municipalities, turned to its local savings bank to issue Notgeld when the postwar coin shortage became unworkable. The Sparkasse der Stadt Belgard had no business printing money, but the alternative was commercial paralysis at the smallest denominations.

Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled an enormous volume of municipal emergency currency during 1920–1922, producing notes for dozens of towns across Silesia and Pomerania. Lippert's credit on the design is unusual — individual designer attribution on Notgeld of this size and function is uncommon, suggesting the Sparkasse wanted something beyond the firm's standard stock layouts.