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5 Mark Bremer Woll-Kämmerei
| Issuer | Bremer Woll-Kämmerei, Blumenthal (Hannover) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| In circulation to | 1 September 1914 |
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| Obverse lettering | No [serial number] Serie 4. Gut für fünf Mark Einzulösen bis 1. September 1914. Im Lohn-Kontor der Bremer Woll-Kämmerei. Auf der Rückseite vom Lohnempfänger mit Angabe der Fabriknummer zu unterschreiben. Blumenthal (Hann.), den 26. Aug. 1914. Bremer Woll-Kämmerei 26 AUG. 1914 BLUMENTHAL (Hannov.) |
| Reverse description | Turquoise reverse, essentially unprinted save for a dotted signature line above the legend "Unterschrift des Lohnempfängers." and a dotted fill line for "Fabriknummer", both in black letterpress. A cancellation punch hole appears at upper centre. The reverse was intended to be completed in manuscript by the wage recipient. |
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Bremer Woll-Kämmerei was one of the largest wool-combing operations in continental Europe at the outbreak of war in 1914, and like hundreds of German industrial firms that August, it issued its own emergency currency when coin hoarding rapidly drained local circulation. These factory-issued Notgeld notes served primarily as wage tokens within the plant and surrounding company-dependent community of Blumenthal — not as general commercial tender.
Self-printed at the issuing location, the note carries no external printer's mark, which was common for early 1914 industrial issues produced in haste before specialist printers caught up with demand.