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50 Pfennig Lockstedter Lager
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lockstedter Lager |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a tall red observation or water tower set among dense pine trees against a cloudy sky, rendered in a woodcut-style illustration. The denomination '50 PFENNIG' appears in large red numerals at lower left and right, flanked by heraldic eagle devices bearing coats of arms at upper corners. The place name 'LOCKSTEDTER LAGER' is inscribed in bold red letterpress below the central vignette, alongside the issue date '1. AUG. 1921' and validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. MÄRZ 1922'; the heading 'NOTGELD' runs across the top in large capitals, with German verse texts filling the left and right margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD LOCKSTEDTER LAGER 1. AUG. 1921 GÜLTIG BIS 31. MÄRZ 1922 50 PFENNIG LEBEN, GLÜCK UND LEID VERÄNDERT SICH IM LAUF DER ZEIT SECHS BILDER TUN ES HIER DIR KUND, HEB' SIE AUF UND — BLEIB' GESUND DRUCK VON H. G. RAHTGENS, LÜBECK ENTWURF VON H. C. DELFS |
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Lockstedter Lager was a military garrison settlement in Holstein — built to house Prussian troops, then repurposed after 1918 as a demobilization camp and eventually a civilian community. The 1921 notgeld issue reflects that transitional identity: a former imperial installation reinventing itself as a municipality with enough administrative standing to issue its own emergency currency.
H. G. Rahtgens of Lübeck produced a considerable volume of Schleswig-Holstein notgeld during the inflationary years, and Delfs's involvement suggests a locally commissioned design rather than a stock plate.