Germany, 2nd Empire, Diedenhofen (Lothringen, Thionville Lorraine), Notgeld, 1917 AD.,
50 Pfennig (ø 21-22 mm / 1,90 g), zinc, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), 8-sided, plain edge,
Obv.: STADT DIEDENHOFEN / 50 , value within dotted circle, issuer around.
Rev.: 19 - 17 , date within German military Iron Cross.
Funck 93.1 b .
Year / Mintage
1917 16,080 F 93.1 a) OBV: Denomination almost touches inside pearl circle, opening of 0 is 1.6mm, Planchet is 0.9mm thick
1917 ? F 93.1 b) OBV: Denomination clear from inside pearl circle, opening of 0 is 2.1mm, Planchet is 1.1mm thick
Thionville (French; Luxembourgish: Diddenuewen; German: Diedenhofen) is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in north-eastern France. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
Thionville was settled as early as the time of the Merovingians. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the region was inhabited by the Germanic Alamanni. It was known in the German of that era as Theudonevilla or Totonisvilla. King Pippin had a royal palace constructed here. From the 10th century onward, the area was part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was in possession of the House of Luxembourg until 1462 and then, until 1477, of the Duke of Burgundy. From 1477 to 1643, it was Habsburg territory. In 1659 Diedenhofen was annexed by France. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area of Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of Frankfurt and became a Reichsland. Thionville was renamed Diedenhofen and became a prosperous German city. Following the armistice with Germany ending the First World War, the French army entered Thionville in November 1918 and the city was returned to France by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
During the Second World War, the Lorraine was placed under a German civilian administration and was thus once again unofficially part of the German Reich. In 1944 US troops entered Thionville, which has belonged to France since then.
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