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German WWII Wehrmacht 10 Reichsmark Military Payment Certificate (Verrechnungsschein) - A 10 Reichsmark Wehrmacht military payment certificate, printed in red on cream paper, dated Berlin, 15 September 1944, issued by the Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen. The front bears the denomination in numerals and text (”ZEHN REICHSMARK”), the issuing authority seal, and repeating ”10” denomination markers along the borders; the reverse carries text outlining the terms of use restricting the note to Wehrmacht personnel and affiliated institutions. These Reichskreditkassenscheine were issued as occupation currency for use by German military personnel stationed outside the Reich, serving as a substitute for standard Reichsmark banknotes in occupied territories and intended to prevent uncontrolled circulation of German currency abroad. These notes were issued through the Reichskreditkassen, special military banking offices established by the German authorities to handle currency matters in occupied and operational areas from 1939 onward. They allowed Wehrmacht soldiers to be paid and to transact locally without introducing regular Reichsmark notes into occupied economies, helping the occupying administration control inflation and currency flows in those territories. By September 1944, when this note was dated, such certificates were in use across the shrinking German-held areas of Europe as military fortunes declined. They form part of the broader system of occupation currencies through which Nazi Germany financed and administered its wartime occupations. These Reichskreditkassenscheine were issued through the Reichskreditkassen, special military banking offices established from 1939 to handle currency matters in areas occupied by German forces. They allowed Wehrmacht personnel to be paid and to make local purchases without introducing standard Reichsmark notes into occupied economies, a measure intended to limit inflation and control currency flows in territories under German administration. Dated September 1944, this note belongs to the later phase of the occupation currency system, by which point German-held territory in Europe was steadily contracting under Allied and Soviet advances. Such certificates form part of the broader financial apparatus through which Nazi Germany funded and administered its wartime occupations.