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2 Kronen Graz
| Issuer | Südmark, Bund der Deutschen zur Erhaltung ihres Volkstums im In- und Auslande |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette by E. Schulz shows a warrior combating a large dragon or serpent, rendered in four-colour illustration. Denomination 2 Kronen appears in all four corners within a decorative border; title Südmarkspende in Gothic script at top. |
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| Obverse lettering | Südmarkspende 2 Kronen Den Brüdern im bedrohten Land, Warmfühlend Herz, hilfreiche Hand! |
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Südmark was a pan-German cultural organization founded in 1889 to resist Slavic encroachment in Styria and Carinthia — not a bank, not a government body. Its notgeld issues were explicitly political objects, used as fundraising instruments and nationalist propaganda simultaneously. The fact that a named designer, E. Schulz, was credited at all suggests these were treated as collectibles from the outset rather than emergency currency pressed into reluctant daily use.
Graz was Südmark's headquarters. The organization survived into the interwar period, eventually absorbed into the broader Austrian Nazi movement.