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50 Reichsmark Deutsche Wehrmacht
| Issuer | Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Dark brownish-red letterpress on cream paper with fine guilloche underprint and ornamental border. Centre bears large Gothic denomination lettering 'FÜNFZIG REICHSMARK' with a circular scalloped vignette enclosing the numeral '50' at right, and the Reichskreditkassen eagle seal at lower left. Issue date and issuing authority inscribed in the lower half, with a three-line usage restriction legend at foot. |
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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. (Translation: Settlement Note for the German Armed Forces Shall be used according to armed forces expenditure regulations in countries outside Germany, shall be given only to members of the armed forces and equals, and shall only be exchanged in-person among members of this group by all cash registers and paying offices of the armed forces, Reich Credit Offices, and exchange locations, also - within the Reich - by the German Reichsbank and other German financial institutions.) |
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Reichskreditkassen notes were not ordinary military scrip — they were instruments of occupation finance, issued to German forces and used to extract goods and labor from occupied territories without drawing on Reich currency reserves. The 50 Reichsmark denomination circulated alongside the regular Reichsmark but was theoretically inconvertible, a distinction largely ignored in practice wherever German military authority held.
The 1944 date places this issue in the war's final phase, when Wehrmacht positions were contracting on all fronts. Notes from this printing saw heavy use in the retreating campaigns across France and the Low Countries following the Allied landings.