On the souvenir bill shows the sailing ship of the German Navy "Gorkh Fok II" built in 1958, the port of registration of which is Kiel. The denomination is issued in a limited edition of 5000 pieces and is sold for 2.50 euros. The European Central Bank gave its formal consent to this.

The idea did not come by chance. In 1961-1990 the image of this bark was decorated with a 10-bank note of the German Bundesbank. Note also that the ship-predecessor "Gorkh Foka II" is now in the port of Stralsund. On its board there is a museum. After World War II, "Gorkh Fok I" built in 1933 on reparations in the Soviet Union, where he was named "Tovarishch". Details about the history of this ship - read in the report "Destiny" Gorkh Fok ", or Soviet" Comrade "under the German flag".