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2 Mark Gleiwitz, Oberschlesischer Kulturverband
| Issuer | Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, Gleiwitz |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a silhouetted view of Burg Tost castle rising above stylised foliage, printed in deep blue and black on a grey ground, with the castle name rendered in a bold Gothic script within a decorative banner. Symmetrical Art Nouveau ornamental panels flank the central motif on both sides, incorporating stylised bellflowers and foliate scrollwork in blue and white. The denomination 'Zwei Mark' appears in large Gothic lettering below the castle vignette, with the issuer name 'Oberschlesischer Kulturverband Gleiwitz', account designation 'Konto E', and serial number at lower right; the header reads 'Ein Sinnbild' at upper left and 'oberschlesischer Kultur' at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Sinnbild oberschlesischer Kultur Burg Tost Die Bank für Handel u. Industrie, Niederl. Gleiwitz zahle gegen diesen Schein aus unserm Guthaben an den Inhaber Zwei Mark Oberschlesischer Kulturverband Gleiwitz, den Konto E 44470 FLEMMING-WISKOTT-A.-G.-GLOGAU |
| Reverse description | The central panel carries a detailed landscape vignette of Burg- und Stadt-Tost, with the castle silhouetted against a clouded sky above a wooded foreground rendered in fine black linework on a blue and white ground; the inscription 'Eichendorffs Vaterhaus' appears within the arch above the scene. Allegorical figures in Art Nouveau style occupy the left and right border panels — a robed female figure entwined with a bare tree on the left, and a mother-and-child group on the right — both attributed to the designer Klippert whose signature appears at lower right of the central vignette. A four-line verse by Joseph von Eichendorff is set within a decorative cartouche below the central scene, with the denomination '2 M' repeated in the lower corners and the design registration mark 'D.R.G.M. 795679' printed below. |
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