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| Issuer | Stadt Burg an der Wupper (City of Burg an der Wupper) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Burg a.d. Wupper BURG B.M. SIEGEL ET FREIHEIT Burg a.d. Wüpper 1.XII.1921 Der Bürgermeister 75 Pf Gültig bis 1.IV.22 |
| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces a sepia-toned photographic print (Farbfoto technique) of a large-format historical painting set within a vaulted interior, showing a medieval betrothal ceremony with multiple figures in period costume. A decorative scroll in the lower right of the painting bears an inscription commemorating the event. Below the image, a typeset caption in Gothic blackletter script records the historical significance of the scene. |
| Reverse lettering | Vereinigung der Länder Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg durch Verlobung der 5 jähr. Maria von Jülich Berg mit dem 6 jähr. Johann von Cleve Mark auf Schloß Burg, 25. Nov. 1496 |
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