Allied Military Authority currency, 5 schilling, for use in Austria inscribed by an American soldier 2013.483.4 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Allied Military currency, five (funf) schilling, for use in Austria, acquired by John Phillips, a soldier in the postwar United States Army of Occupation in Austria and Germany from April 1946 - January 1947. The value 50 cents is handwritten in the corners. Military currency or occupation money was produced for use by military personnel in occupied territories. The notes for different currencies: lire, francs, kroner, marks, schillings, and yen, had similar designs for ease of production. Phillips served in the US Army from June 1945 to January 1947, with the 222nd Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division, Cannon Company, 5th Infantry Division, and F Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Allied Military currency, five (funf) schilling, for use in Austria, acquired by John Phillips, a soldier in the postwar United States Army of Occupation in Austria and Germany from April 1946 - January 1947. The value 50 cents is handwritten in the corners. Military currency or occupation money was produced for use by military personnel in occupied territories. The notes for different currencies: lire, francs, kroner, marks, schillings, and yen, had similar designs for ease of production. Phillips served in the US Army from June 1945 to January 1947, with the 222nd Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division, Cannon Company, 5th Infantry Division, and F Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
- Title: Allied Military Authority currency, 5 schilling, for use in Austria inscribed by an American soldier 2013.483.4 front
- Location: United States--Armed Forces--Austria--Biography. Germany--History--1945-1955., United States--Armed Forces--Austria--Biography. Germany--History--1945-1955.
- Provenance: The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Cristy L. Phillips, the granddaughter of John Phillips., The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Cristy L. Phillips, the granddaughter of John Phillips.
- Subject Keywords: Soldiers--United States--Biography. Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Soldiers--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Military currency., Soldiers--United States--Biography. Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Soldiers--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Military currency.
- Type: Exchange Media, Exchange Media
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Rectangular currency on linear watermarked paper with a face in purple ink with the denomination 5 schilling in each corner of the unprinted margins. There is an rectangle underprint in orange with a repeating pattern of the denomination 5 in the interlocked squares. Across the center is an elaborate ornament with the denomination 5 and funf schilling, and German text. The serial number is above in red ink. On the reverse is a large, ornate tripartite medallion in purple ink, with the denomination funf schilling in the center, flanked by 5 schilling in orange ink. The value 50 ¢ is handwritten near the corner denominations on the face and back. The note is torn, wrinkled, and stained., Rectangular currency on linear watermarked paper with a face in purple ink with the denomination 5 schilling in each corner of the unprinted margins. There is an rectangle underprint in orange with a repeating pattern of the denomination 5 in the interlocked squares. Across the center is an elaborate ornament with the denomination 5 and funf schilling, and German text. The serial number is above in red ink. On the reverse is a large, ornate tripartite medallion in purple ink, with the denomination funf schilling in the center, flanked by 5 schilling in orange ink. The value 50 ¢ is handwritten near the corner denominations on the face and back. The note is torn, wrinkled, and stained.
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