Rotterdam Heiligegeesthuis Bread Ration

Netherlands · 1942 · 400 gram bread

This item, presented as a stamp, features text from the 'Heiligegeesthuis te Rotterdam' and states it is valid for a 400-gram loaf of bread. The design includes a depiction of a flying dove.

Issued during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, this coupon represents a local ration system implemented by a charitable institution in Rotterdam to provide essential food items like bread amidst wartime scarcity.