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25 Øre Danish Red Cross; Hospital Ship MS Jutlandia
| Issuer | Dansk Røde Kors (Danish Red Cross) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | DANSK RØDE KORS 25 ØRE JUTLANDIASEDDEL Må kun anvendes som betalingsmiddel ombord på hospitalsskibet Jutlandia efter de herfor givne bestemmelser. For use only as means of payment on board the hospitalship Jutlandia in accordance with given regulations. |
| Reverse description | Identical in layout to the obverse: teal DRK-repeat guilloche underprint with red cross vignettes at each corner and horizontal teal border bars. The issuer name, denomination, and JUTLANDIASEDDEL are overprinted in red letterpress, with the bilingual usage restriction in the lower bordered panel. No serial number appears on this side. |
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The MS Jutlandia served as Denmark's contribution to the United Nations forces during the Korean War, operating as a hospital ship from 1951 to 1953. The Danish Red Cross issued scrip for use aboard — a self-contained monetary system for crew and patients that never entered general Danish circulation. Notes of this type were redeemed or destroyed at voyage's end, which accounts for their relative scarcity now.
Issued by a non-governmental humanitarian organization rather than any state authority, this piece occupies an unusual position in Scandinavian notaphily — neither military scrip nor civilian currency.