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2 Mark Vaterländischer Frauenverein
| Issuer | Vaterländischer Frauenverein Helmstedt |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ZUM BAZAR DES VATERLÄND. FRAUENVEREINS HELMSTEDT 2 M 2 M (Translation: Voucher for the Bazaar of the Patriotic Women's Association Helmstedt 2 Mark 2 Mark) |
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| Reverse lettering | ONKEL BRÄSIG ALS BESCHÜTZER DER UNSCHULD. UT MIENE STROMTIED: Diesen Schein behalten-ziert die Jungen und Alten (Translation: Uncle Bräsig as protector of innocence. / From My Troubled Times: / Keeping this note honours the young and the old.) |
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The Vaterländischer Frauenverein — the Patriotic Women's Association — was affiliated with the German Red Cross and issued emergency municipal currency during the notgeld period of the First World War. The Helmstedt branch was one of hundreds of local welfare organizations pressed into service as coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible by 1916–17. These notes were printed cheaply and intended for immediate local use, not preservation.
Paper quality on Frauenverein issues is typically poor, and Helmstedt examples are no exception — thin stock, prone to splitting along folds.