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On this USMBOOKS web page we are offering rare original Third Reich corporate shares of 100, 200 and 1000 Reichsmarks issued by I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft of Frankfurt am Main.

The enormous German industrial-chemical conglomerate IG Farbenindustrie (the “IG” stands for Interessengemeinschaft of “Community of Interest” and Farben means “Color”), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main was able to claim many famous international brand names among the products it manufactured. Everything from Agfa film and cameras, to Bayer aspirin, cellophane, synthetic silk, chemical dyes and Zyklon B poison gas, to gasoline, and even Buna synthetic rubber.

This original 8-¼ x 11-¾ inch embossed share certificate was produced by Giesecke & Devrient of Leipzig and Berlin. In the center (under the printed text) is the 2-5/8 inch tall IG Farben logo in a white outline

The 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inch light blue center portion of this 1000 Reichsmarks IG Farbenindustrie share certificate has a background of faint Agfa and Bayer logos. The 27 mm round white embossed seal of IG Farbenindustrie has a punch hole through it showing that this Nazi era share certificate reached its eventual expiration date.

This original 8-¼ x 11-¾ inch embossed share certificate was produced by Giesecke & Devrient of Leipzig and Berlin. In the center (under the printed text) is the 2-5/8 inch tall IG Farben logo in a white outline

The 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inch light green center portion of this 200 Reichsmarks IG Farbenindustrie share certificate has a background of faint Agfa and Bayer logos. The 27 mm round white embossed seal of IG Farbenindustrie has a punch hole through it showing that this Nazi era share certificate reached its eventual expiration date.

This original 200 Reichsmarks IG Farben corporate share certificate is for sale for $12.95, shipped flat in a plain Kraft (tan) envelope by 1st Class Mail in the USA.

• We are happy to ship by Priority Mail with online tracking, insured or to foreign countries      at additional cost. Foreign customers are responsible for any VAT payments, import duties     and customs clearing fees. Please inquire.

• If you buy 5 or more IG Farben corporate shares or debentures at one time, we offer a     10% discount on the total purchase. Be sure to inquire before paying to make sure what     you want is available. All IG Farben debentures and shares are in very short supply.

This original 100 Reichsmarks IG Farben corporate share certificate is for sale for $12.95, shipped flat in a plain Kraft (tan) envelope by 1st Class Mail in the USA.

• We are happy to ship by Priority Mail with online tracking, insured or to foreign countries      at additional cost. Foreign customers are responsible for any VAT payments, import duties     and customs clearing fees. Please inquire.

• If you buy 5 or more IG Farben corporate shares or debentures at one time, we offer a     10% discount on the total purchase. Be sure to inquire before paying to make sure what     you want is available. All IG Farben debentures and shares are in very short supply.

Above is the IG Farbenindustrie entry on page 82 of the March 1945 Allied Counter Intelligence handbook Who’s Who in Germany and Austria Parts 1 & 2.

The list includes some of the board members whose names are printed on these original Nazi share certificates, for example Hermann Schmitz and August von Knieriem. Dr. Carl Bosch, was the Chairman of the Board and his signature is the first one to the right of the embossed company seal of the 100 and 200 Reichsmark Stammaktien.

Shown left is the listing for the IG Farben company in the 4-volume 1941-1942 der neue Brockhaus encyclopedia.

Starting in 1933, the company contributed large amounts of money to the Nazi Party and soon became a huge government contractor.

A lot of information about IG Farbenindustrie is available online but the company's involvement in the construction and operation of the Nazi Concentration Camps at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Monowitz and their licensing of production of Zyklon B before and during World War II are probably what many people think of first when considering IG Farben. The Zyklon B photo shown right is for reference only.

So sinister and notorious was the reputation of the giant chemical combine, that the Allied victors in World War II immediately began to dismember the company into a vast array of separate entities in an effort to prevent them from ever again monopolizing the chemical industry business. Many of the chief executives of the company were tried at Nürnberg in 1947, including board members whose names are printed on these rare original IG Farbenindustrie Stammaktie. *

This original 8-¼ x 11-¾ inch embossed share certificate was produced by Giesecke & Devrient of Leipzig and Berlin. In the center (under the printed text) is the 2-5/8 inch tall IG Farben logo in a white outline.

The 5-1/2 x 7-3/4 inch pink center portion of this 100 Reichsmarks IG Farbenindustrie share certificate has a background of faint Agfa and Bayer logos. The 27 mm round white embossed seal of IG Farbenindustrie has a punch hole through it showing that this Nazi era share certificate reached its eventual expiration date.