NOTGELD watermarks

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Busy entering 100,s of Notgeld into Numista list

 

All is going well, but moderater wants me to translate German watermarks into English

 

Does anyone have  such a list ,or a link to it

There is a list of watermarks (with pictures) in the book “Deutsche Serienscheine von 1918-1922” by Manfred Mehl.

Thanks for that    ----------do you have a copy of that book that you could scan for me I found a list in old WORLD PAPER MONEY with 19 weatermarks, but there must be alot more as some I cannot find

Here:

There are quite a few more it seems (LINK) from page 16 onwards

 

Translations:

  • Achteckfluss Octagon flow  (I wouldn't now what either really meant if I read it)
  • Altrussisches Muster Old Russian Pattern
  • Bandwerk Strapwork  or how it also looks Chainlink
  • Birnenquadrate oder Birnenmuster Pear squares or Pear Pattern
  • Bogenkreuzmuster Arching Cross Pattern or how it looks Wavy Cross Pattern
  • Breslauerwaben Breslau Honeycomb
  • C-F-M-Kopfmuster oder Frauenkopfmuster 
  • CPE-Muster CPE Pattern
  • Deltamuster Delta Pattern
  • Dreieckrad Triangle Wheel
  • Drei Sterne im Sechseck Three Stars in a Hexagon
  • 43 43
  • Dunkle Kreuze Dark Crosses
  • Faber-Männchen Faber Figurine
  • Flämmchen Little Flames
  • F-S-G-Muster F-S-G Pattern
  • Furchen Furrows
  • F-W-Muster F-W Pattern
  • Giesecke-Dreipass-Muster Giesecke Trefoil Pattern
  • Kleine Giesecke-Stimmgabeln Little Giesecke Tuning Forks
  • Giesecke-Z-Hakenmuster oder Giesecke-Z-Muster Giesecke Z Hook Pattern or Giesecke Z Pattern with G and D in Stars for Giesecke & Devrient
  • G-S-Muster G-S Pattern
  • Hakenkreuzmuster Swastika Pattern
  • Hakenmäander Hooked Meander
  • Haußmann-Wellen Haußmann Waves
  • Hermann Stimmgabel Hermann Tuning Fork
  • Hohenofener Wellen Hohenofen Waves
  • Helle Kreuze Light Crosses
  • Ineinandergestellte Kreuze Interlocked Crosses
  • Kaiser Vitellius - Emperor Vitellius
  • Karomuster Rhombus Pattern
  • Kelche Chalices
  • Kölner Waben Cologne Honeycombs
  • Konturenkette Contour Chain
  • Kreise und Vierecke from the depiction makes no sense it should be Große Kreise auf Gitter Big  Circles  on  Lattice
  • Kreuzblumenmuster - Cross flower pattern
  • Kreuzblüten oder Vierpass Cross Flowers or Quatrefoil
  • Kreuze in Quadraten Crosses in Squares
  • Kreuzmäander Cross Meander
  • L in Quadraten L in Squares
  • Lilienmuster Lily Pattern
  • Helle Linien Light Lines
  • Mäander Meander
  • Marmor Marble
  • Mauerwerk Masonry
  • Ovale mit vier Srahlen Ovals with four Rays
  • Ovale mit acht Srahlen Ovals with eight Rays
  • Oval-Muster Oval pattern
  • Parkett Parquet
  • Päßler-Hacken Päßler Hooks
  • Päßler-Wellen Päßler Waves
  • Plastische-Kette Plastic Chain (in the sense if three-dimensional)
  • Radmuster (mit N oder Z) – Wheel Pattern (with Ns or Zs)
  • Rauten Diamonds or Diamond Lattice
  • Rautenmuster Diamond Pattern
  • Reichsdruckerei-Wellenlinien Reichsdruckerei Wavy Lines
  • Rheinische Wellen Rhenish Waves
  • Ringelgitter Circles on a Lattice / Circle Lattice
  • Ringellinien Circles on Lines
  • Schlangenlinien oder Wellen Wavy lines or waves
  • Schippen Shovels don't really look like that
  • Schuppen Scales
  • Sechseckflechtwerk Hexagonal Weave
  • Sechzehnerrauten Sixteen diamonds 16 in 1 diamond
  • Seesternmuster Starfish Pattern
  • Sonntagsfliesen Sunday Tiles
  • Spindel Spindle
  • Spitzwaben Pointed Honeycomb
  • Stachelquadrate Spiked Squares
  • S-S-Muster S-S Pattern or how it looks S in Oval Pattern on Lattice
  • Sternenpost Star Mail no idea what that references, maybe Four Star Pattern
  • Stern-Sechseck-Muster Star Hexagon Pattern
  • Streifen und Wellenbänder Stripes and Wavy Bands
  • Stumpfwaben Stump Honeycombs
  • Sutter-S-Muster Sutter S Pattern
  • Altes Stuttgarter Muster Old Stuttgart Pattern
  • Thyssen-Muster Thyssen Pattern
  • Tropfen Drops
  • UB-Muster UB Pattern
  • Verschlungene Kreise Interlaced Circles
  • Verschlungene Quadrate Interlaced Squares
  • Waffelmuster Waffle pattern doesn't really look waffle-like
  • Wellenbündel Wave Bundles
  • Wellengitter Wave Lattice
  • Wolken Clouds
  • Zickzackband Zigzag Band
  • Zickzacklinien Zigzag Lines or Zickzack Lattice
  • Z-Muster Z-pattern
  • Altes Münchner Muster Old Munich pattern

Hi

 

Thankyou for all your endeavours I think this list will be what I need

Added the ones from the other book.

Idolenz

Added the ones from the other book.

Hi  that is exactly what i am looking for- thankyou for your help

 

I will leave list open so others can add to it,if they like

 

Best regards  Murray

opps  Does anyone know if there will be a copyright on these translation lists

Not on the text but obviously on the pictures.

Hi guys, here are the patterns and names matched - from Grabowski Volume 1

 

(Edit: I see someone did that already - for some reason I didn't see text on his pictures! :) )

"Perfection can be achieved only through devotion" - Chanakya     Nitishastra 8.10

"And fortune learnt to know her favorite" - Tacitus    Agricola 13

It seems there are enough to fill a whole book about them.
https://www.banknoten.de//product_info.php?info=p54270_deutsche-wertpapierwasserzeichen.html

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