Bielefeld 100m note with lovely back design.

The city elders luckily, retained a 'sense of humour' even in the desperate 1920's, as can be seen from the verses below! Just inside the black outer border is a description in German. It translates; 

Here lies my wife. Thy will be done.

She used to quarrel with everyone.

So, passer-by, get lost to view,

Or up she'll rise and nag you too!



Here lies the body of Johann Merkel.

As a child, he was a ferkel (suckling pig)

He grew up to be a hog

Now what's become of the dirty dog?