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50 Reichsmark Deutsche Wehrmacht
| Issuer | Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Reichsmark (1924-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Dark brownish-red letterpress on cream paper with fine guilloche underprint and ornamental border. Centre bears large Gothic denomination lettering 'FÜNFZIG REICHSMARK' with a circular scalloped vignette enclosing the numeral '50' at right, and the Reichskreditkassen eagle seal at lower left. Issue date and issuing authority inscribed in the lower half, with a three-line usage restriction legend at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | VERRECHNUNGSSCHEIN FÜR DIE DEUTSCHE WEHRMACHT FUNZIG REICHS- MARK AUGEGEBEN BERLIN, DEN 15. SEPTEMBER 1944 HAUPTVERWALTUNG DER REICHSKREDITKASSEN DIESER SCHEIN DIENT ZUR VERRECHNUNG IM WEHRMACHTREISEVERKEHR SOWIE ZUR ZAHLUNG VON GEBÜHRNISSEN IN LÄNDERN, IN DENEN IHRE AUSZAHLUNG IN LANDESWÄHRUNG BESCHRÄNKT IST. SEINE VERWENDUNG IM ALLGEMEINEN ZAHLUNGSVERKEHR IST VERBOTEN. (Translation: Settlement Note for the German Armed Forces Fifty Reichsmarks Issued: Berlin, the 15th of September 1944 Reichs Credit Office Central Administration This note serves as payment for Wehrmacht travel (costs) and for payment of fees in countries where your ability to pay in local currency is restricted. Its use as general currency is prohibited.) |
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Reichskreditkassen notes were not ordinary military scrip — they were instruments of occupation finance, issued to German forces and used to extract goods and labor from occupied territories without drawing on Reich currency reserves. The 50 Reichsmark denomination circulated alongside the regular Reichsmark but was theoretically inconvertible, a distinction largely ignored in practice wherever German military authority held.
The 1944 date places this issue in the war's final phase, when Wehrmacht positions were contracting on all fronts. Notes from this printing saw heavy use in the retreating campaigns across France and the Low Countries following the Allied landings.