State: Germany, 2nd Empire
Issuer: Hameln (town)
Location of issue: Hameln (town) (Han / Ns) Stadt
Date of issue: 1.7.1918 AD.,
Value: 25 Pfennig
Size: 78 x 48 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : 254648 (3,5 mm)
Signature: (1)
Printer: ? ; designer: L. Enders
Obv.: Gutschein über 25 Pfennig / der Stadt - Hameln / 25 - 25 / 1+9+1+8 / Dieser Gutschein …. , lions supporting town arms on sword dated 1918.
Rev.: 25 - 25 / Anno 1284 Am Dage Johannis et Pauli war der 25 Junii / Dorch einen Piper mit allerley Farve bekledet / L. Enders / Gewesen CXXX Kinder verledet binnen Hamelen geborn / to Calvarie bi den Koppen verloren / 25 – 25 , a piper leading children with flag out of Hameln.
References: Grabowski H8.3a ; Tieste 2770.25.15.1 .
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the titular character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, who was a rat-catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service as promised, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin
Hameln ist eine große selbständige Stadt in Niedersachsen. Die Kreisstadt des Landkreises Hameln-Pyrmont liegt an der Weser und ist vor allem bekannt durch die Sage vom Rattenfänger von Hameln, die auf einer Überlieferung aus dem Jahre 1284 beruht.
More on https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hameln
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