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Goed voor / Bon pour 250 grammes brood / de pain Gent / Gand
| Issuer | Comité Provincial de Secours et d'Alimentation / Provinciaal Steun- en Voedingskomiteit, Gent |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Wavy and rectilinear guilloche underprint in light brown forms the background, over which the bilingual text and the coat of arms of Ghent are letterpress-printed in dark brown. The denomination of 250 grammes of bread appears centrally in both Dutch and French, flanked by the civic motto FIDES ET AMOR. |
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| Obverse lettering | Commission for Relief in Belgium Comité provincial de Secours et d'Alimentation Provinciaal Steun- en Voedingskomiteit STAD GENT VILLE DE GAND - FIDES ET AMOR - GOED VOOR BON POUR 250 GRAMMES BROOD DE PAIN GAND. - IMP. F. & R. BUYCK FRERES |
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These bread ration vouchers were issued by the provincial relief committee that administered Allied and neutral food aid through the Comité National de Secours et d'Alimentation, the sprawling Belgian welfare apparatus that kept the occupied population alive after Germany requisitioned local food stocks from 1914 onward. By 1918, distribution had become tightly bureaucratized, with denominations tied to specific commodities and weights — bread most critically. The Buyck Brothers print shop in Ghent produced a range of these local instruments throughout the occupation, working under German-supervised conditions.