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1 Mark Gewerkschaftsbund der Angestellten
| Issuer | Gewerkschaftsbund der Angestellten, Gau Groß-Hamburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse centres on a full-colour lithographic vignette of the Erholungsheim Walsrode convalescent home set within the Lüneburger Heide, rendered in a painterly Art Nouveau manner with lush grounds and a flag at the apex of the gabled roof. The denomination '1 MARK' is lettered in white on purple panels at left and right, framed by decorative foliate scrollwork borders. The lower register carries the Hamburg city arms at bottom left, a monogram cartouche at bottom right, and a multi-line text block identifying the issuing institution and the validity date. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a warm autumnal-toned vignette of 'Berthas Ruh'', a park gazebo within the Erholungsheim grounds, with figures resting and playing instruments on its steps amid birch trees. Grey-blue side borders incorporate sculptural animal and heraldic relief motifs, with two coats of arms inset at the lower corners. A verse from a Lüneburger Heide folk song occupies the lower text panel, with the printer's imprint at bottom left. |
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The Gewerkschaftsbund der Angestellten — the federation of white-collar employees' unions — was a significant force in Weimar-era labor organization, distinct from the socialist and Christian union blocs. The Gau Groß-Hamburg regional branch issuing its own scrip in 1921 places this note squarely in the hyperinflationary Notgeld wave, when small organizations, municipalities, and employers alike printed emergency currency to manage the collapse of purchasing power and chronic coin shortages.
Hartung & Co. were a Hamburg commercial printer with a substantial Notgeld output during this period, not a security printing house — production was functional rather than elaborate.