I forgot to add this small change so please insert second to the last sentence when read. I shouldn't comment when my mind is on taxes. Thank you. smile

Simply put, the top portion of the card represents the grim reality of the situation, hence the dire need for emergency funds. Although not known by the artist at the time it might have or it seems to have foretold the hellish conditions the populace would face in cities like Leipzig, Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin during WW11. Death by fire!