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5 Marok West Russian Volunteer Army
| Issuer | Western Volunteer Army (Zapadnaya Dobrovolcheskaya Armiya) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ВРЕМЕННЫЙ РАЗМЕННЫЙ ЗНАКЪ ПЯТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗАПАДНОЙ ДОБРОВОЛЬЧЕСКОЙ АРМIИ · МИТАВА 10 · ОКТ · 1919 · Командующiй Западной Добровольческой Армiей Начальникъ Отдела Государственного Хозяйства при Армiи За поддЂлку сихъ размЂнныхъ знаковъ виновные подвергаются строгому наказанiю |
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| Reverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN FÜNF MARK AUSGEGEBEN LAUT VERFÜGUNG DER HEERESLEITUNG DER "FREIWILLIGEN WESTARMEE" MITAU, 10 · OCT · 1919 NACHAHMUNGEN DIESER KASSENSCHEINE WERDEN STRAFRECHTLICH VERFOLGT. |
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The Western Volunteer Army — a German-backed anti-Bolshevik force operating in the Baltic in 1919 under Pavel Bermondt-Avalov — issued its own currency in marok, pegged nominally to the German mark, during its brief and ultimately disastrous campaign to take Riga. The army was driven out by Latvian and Estonian forces by late November 1919, and the notes became worthless within weeks of issue.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" date in the catalog data is almost certainly a data entry error and should not be taken as a reprinting date.