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5 Reichsmark Deutsche Wehrmacht
| Issuer | Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 5 Marks (5 RM) |
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| Obverse lettering | VERRECHNUNGSSCHEIN FÜR DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT FUENF REICHSMARK 5 AUSGEGEBEN BERLIN, DEN 15. SEPTEMBER 1944 HAUPTVERWALTUNG DER REICHSKREDITKASSEN DIESER SCHEIN DIENT ZUR VERRECHNUNG IM WEHRMACHTREISEVERKEHR SOWIE ZUR ZAHLUNG VON GEBÜHRNISSEN IN LÄNDERN, IN DENEN IHRE AUSZAHLUNG IN LANDESWÄHRUNG BESCHRÄNKT IST. SEINE VERWENDUNG IM ALLGEMEINEN ZAHLUNGSVERKEHR IST VERBOTEN. |
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| Reverse lettering | VERRECHNUNGSSCHEIN FÜR DIE DEUTSCHE Wehrmacht WIRD IM RAHMEN DER ZAHLUNGSREGELUNG FÜR DIE WEHRMACHT IN AUSSERDEUTSCHEN LÄNDERN NUR AN WEHRMACHTANGEHÖRIGE UND GLEICHGESTELLTE ABGEGEBEN UND NUR AUS DER HAND DIESES PERSONENKREISES UMGETAUSCHT VON ALLEN KASSEN UND ZAHLSTELLEN DER Wehrmacht, REICHSKREDITKASSEN UND WECHSELSTELLEN, FERNER IM REICH VON DER DEUTSCHEN REICHSBANK UND DEN ÜBRIGEN DEUTSCHEN GELDINSTITUTEN. |
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Reichskreditkassen notes were purpose-built occupation currency, issued by a Nazi financial administration body established in 1939 specifically to extract value from conquered territories without formally committing Reichsbank resources. The 1944 date on this series is somewhat misleading — production and distribution were already underway in the early 1940s across occupied Western Europe, the Balkans, and the Eastern Front, with notes recycled across multiple theaters as the front lines shifted.
By 1944, German forces issuing these in the field were operating in retreat. Considerable quantities were captured, abandoned, or destroyed rather than redeemed, which complicates any honest assessment of surviving population.