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0.20 Lire Bogliaco; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra di Bogliaco |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black ink on pale stock, with a ruled border framing the entire face. The full camp title appears in a vertical panel at left, repeated in a horizontal band across the top centre. The denomination 'BUONO per L. 0,20' is set in bold letterpress below the heading, with the validity clause 'VALE SOLO PRESSO LO SPACCIO DEL CAMPO' along the lower margin. A circular violet handstamp is applied to the left panel, the camp commandant's manuscript signature appears at centre right, and a serial number is hand-inked at both lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo Concentramento prigionieri di guerra di BOGLIACO Il Comandante del Campo BUONO per L. 0,20 VALE SOLO PRESSO LO SPACCIO DEL CAMPO (Translation: Prisoner of war concentration camp of Bogliaco. The Camp Commandant. Voucher for 0.20 lire. Valid only at the camp canteen.) |
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Bogliaco, on the western shore of Lake Garda, housed one of several Italian prisoner-of-war camps that issued their own internal scrip during the Second World War. These camp currencies were a practical administrative measure — preventing prisoners from accumulating Italian legal tender that could fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with local civilians.
The issuing authority, Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra di Bogliaco, falls within a broader class of Italian PoW camp money that remains poorly documented. Individual denominations from smaller camps like Bogliaco survive in genuinely small numbers, as most scrip was recalled and destroyed when camps closed or populations were transferred.