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1 Mark Gleiwitz, Oberschlesischer Kulturverband
| Issuer | Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, Gleiwitz |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue, black, and grey on cream paper, with ornate Art Nouveau foliate scrollwork panels flanking either side, each containing stylized bell-flower motifs. A central vignette presents a silhouetted view of Burg Tost castle atop a rocky hill with bare trees, the name 'Burg Tost' rendered in Gothic blackletter script beneath. The payment order text and denomination 'Eine Mark' appear in flowing Gothic script in the lower centre, with 'Konto E' at lower left and a serial number at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Burg- und Stadt- Tost CASPAR COMES COLONNA D.R.G.M. 795679. |
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Gleiwitz sits in the plebiscite zone carved out by the Treaty of Versailles, where in March 1921 a disputed referendum determined whether Upper Silesia would remain German or transfer to Poland. The Oberschlesischer Kulturverband — a German cultural association — issued notgeld during this period as part of a broader campaign to assert regional identity through currency itself. The issuer's name was a political statement as much as an administrative one.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were a prolific notgeld printer, handling dozens of municipal and organizational issues across Silesia in the early 1920s.