Partenkirchen issued its own emergency coinage in 1917 as the German war economy systematically stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation for munitions production. These municipal zinc pieces — issued by towns, communes, and even private firms across the Reich — are cataloged collectively as Kriegsgeld, the improvised small change of a country consuming itself from within.
Partenkirchen issued its own emergency coinage in 1917 as the German war economy systematically stripped copper and nickel from civilian circulation for munitions production. These municipal zinc pieces — issued by towns, communes, and even private firms across the Reich — are cataloged collectively as Kriegsgeld, the improvised small change of a country consuming itself from within.