Bank Note Banknote

BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD

BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD
BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD

BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD

Nazi Germany Forged British Banknotes. Were primarily produced at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located in Germany. Bank of England London 25 April 1935. Chief Cashier : Sir Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt. Condition Fine or Very Good.

The banknotes produced as part of Operation Bernhard were primarily produced at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located in Germany. The operation utilized Jewish prisoners who were forced to work in a special section of the camp, known as "Department IIId". The prisoners were forced to work under extremely harsh conditions and many did not survive the war. The operation was also known to have used other concentration camps such as Auschwitz-Monowitz and Mauthausen.

The counterfeit notes produced were of very high quality and were difficult to distinguish from genuine notes, which would have made them effective in destabilizing the British economy if they had been used as planned. Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes.

The initial plan was to drop the notes over Britain to bring about a collapse of the British economy during the Second World War. The first phase was run from early 1940 by the Sicherheitsdienst under the title Unternehmen Andreas.

This item is in the category "Coins\Banknotes\British\English\Elizabeth II (1952-Now)". The seller is "luciostrata" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French Guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Macau, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and Caicos Islands, Aruba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam.

  • Features: Experimental
  • Year of Issue: 1939-1945
  • Sub-Type: Germany concentration camo.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country: Germany
  • Era: Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
  • Region: Europe
  • Denomination: £5
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: England
  • Time Period: Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
  • Number of Notes: 1
  • Type: Notes


BANK OF ENGLAND K. O. Peppiatt £5 WHITE 20/04/1938 A175-77876 OPERATION BERNHARD