Description Measures approximately 21.5cm x 13cm. Good to Very Fine Condition. Will come with this six pages of information with photos & a copy of an article written about these banknotes for an Australian Coin Magazine. Operation Bernhard German forged British Five Pound Note is 1937 issue. During WWII almost perfect forgeries of Bank of England Pound notes were produced by prisoners in a German concentration camp. The enterprise was code named Operation Bernhard. The following occur: 5, 10, 20, 50 pound notes with different dates, also including branch office issues such as Leeds and Bristol. They come with signatures of Catterns or Peppiat. There are a number of very small but discernible differences between the Operation Bernhard counterfeits and genuine notes. For example, most counterfeits have a dull look in Britania’s eyes and less clarity on the cross at top of her crown. For further information and details, see Nazi Counterfeiting of British Currency During WWII by Bryan Burke and WWII Remembered by C Frederick Schwan & Joseph E Boling.
