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Smithwick Numismatics
A Decade Of Reconstruction And Deceit
Explore the 1920s, a decade which began with the WWI reconstruction. Followed by a period of unsustainable gilded prosperity, based on post-war over-optimism. Germany under sanction and forced to pay repatriations, remained in a depression. Fueling contempt from German military establishment, who secretly planned for re-mobilization. The end of the 20s, was bookmarked by the 1929 Wall Street Crash, starting the Great Depression.
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