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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 171733, member: 6986&quot;]As I pointed out in an earlier message, these were an emergency issue.&nbsp; They were not printed by the occupation authorities, they were printed by a local merchant (the Swakopmunder Buchhandler which was a German operation) for local use although they did eventually circulate throughout the territory.&nbsp; The occupation authorities prohibited the circlulation of these notes in 1918.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you accept Aidan&#039;s premise, the occupation authorities asked a local printer to make notes and then banned their circulation.&nbsp; Does this make any sense?&nbsp; Of course not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These notes were issued by Germans for their own use not for use by the occupation authorities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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