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10 Reichsmark Deutsche Wehrmacht
| Issuer | Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 10 Marks (10 RM) |
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| Obverse lettering | VERRECHNUNGSSCHEIN FÜR DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT ZEHN REICHS- MARK AUGEGEBEN BERLIN, DEN 15. SEPTEMBER 1944 HAUPTVERWALTUNG DER REICHSKREDITKASSEN DIESER SCHEIN DIENT ZUR VERRECHNUNG IM WEHRMACHTREISEVERKEHR SOWIE ZUR ZAHLUNG VON GEBÜHRNISSEN IN LÄNDERN, IN DENEN IHRE AUSZAHLUNG IN LANDESWÄHRUNG BESCHRÄNKT IST. SEINE VERWENDUNG IM ALLGEMEINEN ZAHLUNGSVERKEHR IST VERBOTEN. (Translation: Settlement Note for the German Armed Forces Ten Reichsmarks Issued: Berlin, the 15th of September 1944 Reichs Credit Office Central Administration This note serves as payment for Wehrmacht travel (costs) and for payment of fees in countries where your ability to pay in local currency is restricted. Its use as general currency is prohibited.) |
| Reverse description | Red note on pale ground with dark brown letterpress text over a guilloche underprint. The title and usage restrictions are set out in two blocks of text at center, with the numeral "10" repeated in all four corners within ornamental frames. |
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The Reichskreditkassen were established in 1939 specifically to fund occupation — these notes were never legal tender within Germany itself, only in occupied and annexed territories where Wehrmacht forces operated. By 1944, the series was being issued into theatres where German control was already collapsing, making actual circulation increasingly chaotic and redemption after the war essentially worthless.
The watermark is a simple basket-weave pattern, functional rather than sophisticated — reflecting wartime paper constraints more than any security ambition.