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50 Pfennig Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten
| Issuer | Stadt Leer (City of Leer, Ostfriesland) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 105 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 * GUTSCHEIN 50 * LEER in OSTFRIESLAND Zur Erinnerung an die Fahnenweihe des Stahlhelm Bund der Frontsoldaten, Ortsgruppe Leer am 6. Nov. 21 GERHARD STALLING OLDENBURG i.O. |
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| Reverse lettering | Eala frya Fresena! Gruß dir und sei gepriesen, Du meerumrauschter Strand! Heil allen freien Friesen Heil ihrem Vaterland! Dem Land der Friesen immer Bleib herz und Auge hold Der Dünen Silberschimmer, Der Marschen Saatengold! Stets soll in unsrer Mitte, Wie hoch die Wogen gehn, Das Recht, die alte Sitte Fest wie die Deiche stehn. ULRICH I KARL EDZARD |
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Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten — the Steel Helmet, League of Front Soldiers — was founded in December 1918 by Franz Seldte, a veteran who had lost his arm at the Somme. By 1921 it was already a significant nationalist veterans' organization, and its name appearing on municipal notgeld from Leer reflects how deeply the group had embedded itself in civic identity across northern Germany within just three years of the armistice.
Gerhard Stalling in Oldenburg was a prolific notgeld printer during the 1920–1922 inflationary spiral, handling municipal issues from across Lower Saxony and East Frisia. The Stalling imprint on Leer's series is routine for the region.