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10 Mark National People's Army
| Issuer | Staatsbank der DDR |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic composite scene commemorating the 25th anniversary of the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee), featuring multiple branches of the armed forces rendered in bold relief. In the foreground, a T-54/55 main battle tank dominates the lower field. Behind it, a naval warship is depicted in mid-ground, while two military jet aircraft fly in formation across the upper field. The founding year '1956' appears to the lower left and '1981' to the right, flanking the central design. The abbreviation 'NVA' is inscribed along the lower edge of the field as a legend. |
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Issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Nationale Volksarmee, founded in January 1956 after the GDR formally rearmed — a politically fraught move that required Moscow's blessing and came less than a decade after the Wehrmacht's defeat. East Germany had spent years insisting it would never rearm, making the NVA's creation an ideological contortion the SED had to sell carefully to its own population.