Reconstruction Fund - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1948 - 20 Groschen

In the foreground of the brand image is the construction of the dam wall of the Vermunt Reservoir in Vorarlberg. A worker pushes the material cart of a field railway, of which only the end can be seen in the picture. In the closer background of the depiction is the dam of the reservoir, in the distance to see the Silvretta group. Already then, the brand was supposed to direct interest in one of Austria's most important assets, hydropower. The expansion of energy production from hydropower was an important concern in the interests of the national economy and individual households even in the immediate post-war period. Due to the far-reaching war-related destruction of the energy supply systems, the population could feel every day in 1948, the lack of energy supply.