Auction 18
Eretz Israel, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, postcards and photographs, Maps and travel books, Autographs, Chabad, Rabbinical Letters
By DYNASTY
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Dec 5, 2022
Avraham Ferrara 1, Jerusalem, Israel
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The auction will take place on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 19:00 (Israel time).
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LOT 17:
A large poster - "Regulation regarding the correction of the ruble rate" - the countries occupied by Germany during ...
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A large poster - "Regulation regarding the correction of the ruble rate" - the countries occupied by Germany during the First World War
"Regulation Regarding the Correction of the Ruble Rate" a large poster in four languages in which the German occupier during the First World War informs the residents of Lithuania - the application of the German currency and its rate to the ruble in the occupied territories. Signed in print by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg - the supreme commander of the German forces. "Headquarters East", November 11, 1915.
In the poster, which was printed in four languages: Yiddish, Polish, Lithuanian, and German, side by side, written:
"German money must be accepted in the occupied territories according to which:
- 1.5 is equivalent to 1 ruble.
- It is forbidden to cancel or change what is stated in section 1 by agreements.
- Whoever violates the instructions mentioned in sections 1 and 2, or makes an attempt to violate them, will be punished by a fine of up to 1000 marks (=666 2/3 rubles), or by imprisonment of up to three months.
- This order takes effect immediately.
Headquarters East, November 11, 1915, Hindenburg Field Marshal."
Size: 70x30 cm. general condition good.
