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Voucher - Reichsseifenkarte
| Issuer | Landeswirtschaftsamt Wien (LWA Wien) |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Orange-buff paper coupon with a Nazi Reichsadler eagle and swastika emblem at upper centre, and a circular double-headed Austrian eagle vignette at upper right. The bold title 'Reichsseifenkarte' is printed in large letterpress type, with handwritten bearer name, address, and issuing office fields below. A large block letter 'M' appears at lower right; validity period 1 February 1944 to 30 September 1944 is printed at foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Josef Grazer Klosettpapier Wien I. Bräunerstr. 10 Tel. R-27-905 21. FEB. 1944 21. März 1944 1. MAI 1944 11. Juni 1944 22. AUG. 1944 22. Sep. 1944 17. OKT. 1944 17. Nov. 1944 |
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The Reichsseifenkarte was part of Germany's wartime rationing apparatus, administered at the regional level through Landeswirtschaftsämter — provincial economic offices — rather than centrally distributed. By 1944, soap allocation in the Greater German Reich had been restricted for years; the civilian ration had been progressively cut since 1939 as fats were diverted to explosives production and military soap supplies. The LWA Wien's local printing and distribution of these coupons reflects how strained the central supply chain had become by the war's final phase.