Croatia: occupation by Germany (1941-1942)

This serie of banknotes belongs to the period during Second World War in which established a puppet state (NDH) of the III Reich (after the defeat of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the beginning of the Second World War), ruled by Ante Pavelić and the Ustacha (fascist movement based on an extreme, religious and violent nationalism), with King Tomislav II of Croatia from the House of Savoy (he did not really have any power and never visited Croatia). The territory it controlled was the whole of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large part of Croatia (while northern Dalmatia was annexed to Italy, and Međimurje and Baranja from the south passed to Hungary), confronting Yugoslav communist guerrillas and Chetniks. There are banknotes of 10 kunas, 50 kunas, 100 kunas, 500 kunas and 1,000 kunas.

100 kunas (sto kuna)

This banknotes worth 100 kunas was first circulated in May the 26th of 1941. On the main side left it can be seen Croatia's coat of arms during German occupation and in the center has the written value of the banknote, the official name of the country (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska) and the name of the issuing Bank in Croatian (Ministar Narodnog Gospodarstva). It has a 100 in the back and another in the right, completed with decorative elements.
On the other side of the banknote appears the written value of the banknote, the official name of the country, two 100's and geometric elements surrounding it. This banknote has a laberinth of geometric elements as digital watermark. The size of this banknote is 14.9 cm x 8 cm.