Austria: occupation by the Allies (1944)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period of Austria after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, by dividing in the country between the victorious powers (although the United States, France and the United Kingdom prematurely merged their areas to counteract any influence from the Soviet zone), a government of the socialist Karl Renner, with the support of the USSR forming a coalition government and which promoted the Tripartite Declaration of Moscow proclaimed independence and declared null all measures of the German administration. There are banknotes of 50 groschen, 1 Austrian schilling, 2 Austrian schilling, 5 Austrian schilling, 10 Austrian schilling, 20 Austrian schilling, 25 Austrian schilling, 50 Austrian schilling, 100 Austrian schilling and 1,000 Austrian schilling.

1 Austrian schilling (ein Schilling)

This banknotes worth 1 schilling was first circulated in 1944. On the main side center it can be seen a 1, the serie number, the written value of the banknote and the name of the occupied country in German (Oesterrreich). In each corner there are four 1's, with two branches in the background and in the upper part, the name of the currency in German (Allierte Militärbehörde). The rest of the banknote is fulled with decorative elements.
On the other side there are geometric decorative elements, with three 1's and the written value of the banknote in the middle. This banknote has no digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 11.3 cm x 5.3 cm.