Allied Military Authority currency, 1/2 mark, for use in Germany
Archival History
Erna Rothschild donated the Walter H. Rothschild collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Square paper currency with a face in light blue green ink with an abstract leafy underprint with a white M in the center, overlaid by a black latticework design, within a black decorative border with German text at the top. The denomination 1/2 is in each inner corner in blue ink. The serial number is in the center, with German text on all sides. The reverse is in orange ink, with a large white M in the center of an ornate, circular medallion within a square, geometric patterned frame.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media