Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurt Fish and Judith Fish
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Occupation currency (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular piece of paper printed in red, purple, and black ink. The border is purple with "ALLIED MILIARY CURRENCY" across the top. The field is red and also in red is the serial number across the bottom "A30743623A." "2" is printed in black in each corner with "ISSUED IN /Italy/ 2 / LIRA" in the center. The verso is printed in light blue ink, clockwise it is printed "FREEDOM OF SPEECH", "FREEDOM OF RELIGION", "fREEDOM FROM FEAR", "FREEDOM FROM WANT", with 'ALLIED/MILITARY/CURRENCY" in the center.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Kurt Fish and Judith Fish.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:12:41
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