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1 Franc
| Issuer | Nationaal Hulp en Voedingskomiteit Dendermonde |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in orange and black letterpress on plain paper. The note carries two heraldic vignettes flanking the central text panel: at left, the mural-crowned tower emblem of the city of Dendermonde, and at right, the crowned rampant lion of the Province of East Flanders. The denomination numeral '1' appears in each corner within circular cartouches, and all text is set in bold Gothic and Roman typefaces within a decorative ruled border. Two manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note above the printer's imprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | NATIONAAL HULP EN VOEDINGSKOMITEIT DENDERMONDE GOED VOOR 1 FRANK GELDIG VOOR AANKOOP VAN LEVENSMIDDELEN IN HET MAGAZYN VAN HET KOMITEIT OF IN DE WINKELS DER STAD AANGENOMEN DOOR HET KOMITEIT DRANKHUIZEN IUTGESLOTEN Geldig tot 15 September eerstkomende. De Schatbewaarder De Voorzitter A. DU CAJU - BEECKMAN - DENDERMONDE |
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The Nationaal Hulp en Voedingskomiteit — the National Relief and Food Committee — was the Belgian local apparatus working alongside Herbert Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium during the German occupation of 1914–1918. Dendermonde had been partly burned and shelled in the opening weeks of the war, and the town's formal banking infrastructure was severely disrupted. Notes like this one filled the gap left by the withdrawal of regular currency.
Printed locally by A. Du Caju-Beeckman, this is genuinely municipal emergency paper — not a bank instrument but a food-relief voucher with monetary function.