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50 Pfennig Gleiwitz, Oberschlesischer Kulturverband
| Issuer | Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, Gleiwitz |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Multicolored design in blue, black, and ochre tones. The central vignette presents a detailed landscape view of Burg und Stadt Tost, with the castle on a wooded hill reflected in a river or lake in the foreground. The left lateral panel carries a figure of an armoured knight in blue and ochre, while the right panel shows a standing peasant figure; denomination numerals '50' appear in decorative cartouches at upper left and upper right. A lower horizontal sub-vignette in ochre depicts a historical wagon train scene with figures on horseback. The designer's signature 'W. R. Lippert' is visible at lower right of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Burg und Stadt Tost / 50 / 50 / D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Gleiwitz occupied an uncomfortable position during the Upper Silesian plebiscite period of 1920–1921, when the entire region's political future hung on an internationally supervised vote. The Oberschlesischer Kulturverband — an ethnically German cultural organization — issued this Notgeld as part of a broader effort to assert German identity and institutional presence during that fraught interval. It was political currency in a very literal sense.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled a substantial volume of Silesian Notgeld printing during this period, and the engraver credit to Flemming within the same firm suggests in-house plate work rather than a contracted artist.