the German armed forces 1871-1934 Rentenmark Miracle — Dr. Hjalmar Schacht issued the Rentenmark which was pegged to the price of gold and had an exchange rate of 4.2 marks per dollar. It ushered in five years (1924-1929) of economic stability and a New period of prosperity for the Weimar Republic.
The Reichswehr (literally National Defense or Imperial Defense) formed the military organization of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when the government rebranded it as the Wehrmacht (Defence Force).