1922 AD., Germany, Weimar Republic, Geldern (Kreiskommunalkasse), Notgeld, collector series issue, 25 Pfennig, Grabowski/Mehl 414.1a-1/5. 007452 Obverse

State: Germany, Weimar Republic
Issuer: Geldern (Kreiskommunalkasse) local bank
Location of issue: Geldern (city) (Rhl / NW)
Date of issue: 1.5.1922 AD.,
Value: 25 Pfennig
Size: 90 x 60 mm
Material: paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : 007452
Signature: (1)
Printer: Flemming-Wiskott A.G., Glogau , designer: Körschau
Obv.: 25 - 25 / Körschau / Die Kreissparkasse Geldern / zahle gegen diesen Scheck …. , arms flanking text.
Rev.: 25 - 25 / Belagerung von Geldern 1703 / 1 / D.R.G.M …. , Geldern city within walls, under Prussian siege 1703, cannons firing.
References: Grabowski/Mehl 414.1a-1/5 .

Geldern (Dutch: Gelderen, archaic English: Guelder(s)) is a city in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is part of the district of Cleves, which is part of the Düsseldorf administrative region. The city of Geldern was first documented in 812. Often in its history, Geldern lay in the battlefield of territorial disputes. It was subordinate to Spanish rule from 1543 until 1578, when it was occupied by the Dutch. By treason Geldern returned to Spanish control in 1587, which lasted until 1703. From 1701 until 1714, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the city was under Prussian siege beginning February 1703, but only surrendered on 21 December. At the end of the war, at the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, the previously Spanish Upper Quarter of Guelders was divided between four powers: Austria, the United Provinces, Prussia and the Duchy of Jülich. With the larger part of the former Upper Quarter, Geldern fell to Prussia and became the seat of administration of Prussian Guelders. In the course of the Prussian reorganization of administration, the district of Geldern was formed on 23 April 1816. It was one of over 40 rural districts of the Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, the northern half of the later Rhine Province.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geldern ; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_(Geldern)

Die Idee der Kleinschecks hatte sich die Firma Flemming u. Wiskott A.G. aus Glogau in Schlesien als Deutsches Reichs-Gebrauchs-Muster (D. R. G. M.) schützen lassen, nachdem die Ausgabe von Notgeldscheinen verboten worden war, die durch die Serienscheinausgaben immer mehr Überhand genommen hatte.