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| Issuer | Provinzialverband Westfalen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | At center-left, a vignette of a man standing before a residential house; at lower left, a woman walks accompanied by a young girl. The note is a Notgeld voucher (Gutschein) issued on behalf of the Provinzialverband Westfalen for disabled veterans and families of fallen soldiers, with the serial number and issuing authority text arranged across the face. The overall design is executed in a simple letterpress style typical of provincial emergency currency of the early Weimar period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Provinzialverband Westfalen Kriegsbeschädigter u. Krieger hinterbliebener. No. 019840 Gegen Einlieferung dieses Gutscheines zahlt die Siedlungskassenverwaltung des Provinzialverbandes 75₰ Bochum im Mai 1920 Der Vorstand. Schafft Krieger heimstätten! (Translation: Voucher — Provincial Association of Westphalia for Disabled Veterans and Families of Deceased Soldiers. No. 019840 — In exchange for this voucher, the Settlement Cash Office of the Provincial Association will pay 75 Pfennig — Bochum, May 1920 — The Board of Directors. Create homes for veterans!) |
| Reverse description | To the left, a woman with a cane; at center, a man on crutches stands before a radiant sun motif; to the right, a mother with children stands beside a house. The composition conveys a thematic narrative of post-war hardship and social rehabilitation, rendered in a flat illustrative style characteristic of Westphalian Notgeld vignette art of the early 1920s. The reverse carries the abbreviated association title inscription. |
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