This beautiful set of larger notes features a well-preserved envelope that tells the story behind the scenes depicted here: the Anabaptist revolt known as the Münster Rebellion of 1534-1535, a sequel to the events of the German Peasants' War a decade earlier. The envelope is written in fully intelligible High German, while the notes themselves bear captions written in the local Low German dialect.
The envelope's cover bears the name of the series in German, Wiedertäufer-Notgeld ("Anabaptist-Notgeld"). If you're not familiar with the term, the Anabaptists still exist today as the Amish and Mennonites. Despite their peaceful pastoral life here in the United States today, the birth of the movement was bloody indeed. The words 'anabaptism' and Wiedertaufe both literally mean 'to baptize again' or 'another baptism'. The original Anabaptists didn't believe in baptizing infants; they felt that belief had to be a conscious decision and adherents were re-baptized as adults. This was considered heretical, and the group was banned from the evangelical Lutheran church. Persecution of the group continued until the mid-19th century, with thousands being killed.
A 3-page printout of my complete English translation covering both the envelope's text and the notes themselves will accompany the set.