Hallo zusammen,
Kürzlich habe ich eine alte Notiz von meinem Großvater gefunden, beschriftet als "Armee Belgien Frank" aus dem Jahr 1946. Ich bin gespannt, ob jemand weiß, wofür das verwendet wurde. War es damals eine legitime Währung oder war es für einen bestimmten Zweck gedacht, beispielsweise für militärische Zwecke oder ähnliches? Ich würde gerne mehr über seine Geschichte und Bedeutung erfahren!
Vielen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Einblicke.
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Interesting, did not knew the ABL had its own currency…
It seems they had limited validity. Info here: [link](https://ablhistoryforum.be/viewtopic.php?t=7529)
This is some kind of military coupon
I can tell you this bill is looking pretty worn out.
probably for use in germany
Wasn’t this for military personnel in occupied Germany? It’s so that military personnel could buy stuff from shops owned/approved by the Belgian military, so we could keep the Belgian money from going to Germany. Iirc they got their ‘normal’ wage in belgian francs, and a small amount in ‘military francs’, but they were worthless in other shops than the military approved shops.
Lots of countries did and (iirc) still do this in occupied zones.
It was used in the BSD (Belgian armed forces in Germany) their family could use it in the stores at the military bases to buy groceries at the time and even tax free. They even could get American products fairly cheaply.