Operation Bernhard Propaganda Stamps
c. 1940s, Front side - Stamp from Operation Bernhard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
White stamp with purple ink overall. A 3-pence stamp depicting King George VI facing to the left. At each corner is a flower. A crown is above King George and above the crown, the Star of David.
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Operation Bernhard Propaganda StampsScope and Content
c. 1940s, stamp from Operation Bernhard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.Context
In addition to the famous counterfeit Bank of England notes made at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany, the Jewish prisoners were ordered to make fake passports, legal documents and propaganda postage stamps of England. The stamps had a Jewish Star of David added on top of the Royal crown. The purpose was for the Nazis to show the world that England was run by and/or under rule of Jewish enemy.Collection
Operation BernhardCategory
Stamp
Philatelic Material