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1 Anna Bangalore; PoW Camps
| Issuer | Prisoners of War Camp, Bangalore (Group I) |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Purple and yellow guilloche underprint with wavy scalloped border. A central yellow cartouche carries the denomination text in purple, with a red overprint reading "Group I Bangalore". Denomination numerals "1A" appear in white panels at left and right margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONERS OF WAR ONE ANNA 1A Group I Bangalore CAMP |
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Bangalore's Group I PoW camp canteen currency was issued to restrict prisoner purchasing power to approved goods within the camp economy — a system the British Indian administration applied across multiple internment facilities during the war. The "Anna" denomination deliberately mirrored the subunit of the Indian rupee, giving the scrip a familiar monetary logic while ensuring it had no exchange value outside the wire.
Group I at Bangalore held primarily Axis prisoners, and the precise print run, issuing authority chain, and whether notes were produced locally or centrally through a military stationery depot remains incompletely documented.