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World War II through the eyes of the Cape Fear: Belongings
Currency

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Object ID CF1962.043.0001
Description Currency; (A) German 1 mark note, French 2 franc note, Italian 1 lira note mounted on y ellowed pasteboard--German 1 mark is Allied Occupation Currency, serial number "034121793", "SERIE [sic] 1944"--French franc has red, white, & blue tricolor flag over "LIBERIE,/EGALITE,/FRATERNITITE", serial number "57620374_"--Italian lira has a fasces (bundle of rods w/ projecting ax blade); (B) German 1/2 mark Allied Occupation Currency, serial number "038713747", "SERIE [sic\ 1944" (originally glued to pasteboard of A); handwritten on pasteboard, "Given by Mrs. Audrey Horrell./August 20-1954/...".
Dimensions H-18 W-20 cm
Made Unknown Manufacturer
Notes 1962.43.1 Currency, c. 1944 German currency issued by Allied Occupation Forces.

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