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75 Pfennig Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten
| Issuer | Stadt Leer (Ostfriesland) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Leer municipal coat of arms — a crenellated tower with a lion passant — set within elaborate foliate scrollwork in red and black letterpress. Steel helmets flank the upper corners, referencing the Stahlhelm veterans' organization. A ribbon banner below carries the inscription LEER in OSTFRIESLAND, with a commemorative text in the lower panel noting the Fahnenweihe of 6 November 1921. |
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| Obverse lettering | 75 · GUTSCHEIN · 75 LEER in OSTFRIESLAND Zur Erinnerung an die Fahnenweihe des Stahlhelm Bund der Frontsoldaten, Ortsgruppe Leer am 6. Nov. 21 GERHARD STALLING OLDENBURG I.O. |
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Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten — the Steel Helmet League of Front Soldiers — was founded in 1918 by Franz Seldte as a nationalist veterans' organization, and by 1921 it had become a significant political force with close ties to the German right. That a municipal Notgeld issue from Leer in East Frisia would carry the Stahlhelm's name reflects how deeply the organization had embedded itself in provincial civic life within just three years of its founding.
Gerhard Stalling in Oldenburg was a prolific Notgeld printer with strong regional ties to Lower Saxony and East Frisia, which likely explains the commission. Stalling handled enormous print runs for dozens of municipalities during the 1921–1923 emergency currency period.