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1 Cent Camp Forrest; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Camp Forrest Prisoner of War Camp Canteen |
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| Year | 1943-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red on yellow-orange paper stock, the voucher is divided into two panels by a vertical rule: the larger left panel carries the camp and denomination inscriptions along with a validity restriction notice and a serial number, while the right panel contains the numeral "1" above the word "CENT" enclosed within a rectangular border. The lettering is executed in bold sans-serif letterpress type, and the note bears the serial number in the lower left of the main panel. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely unprinted, the reverse presents a plain yellow-orange paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Camp Forrest, outside Tullahoma, Tennessee, was one of the largest POW installations in the continental United States, holding tens of thousands of German and Italian prisoners at its peak. Canteen scrip like this was a deliberate policy instrument — the War Department mandated that enemy prisoners be paid for labor in non-transferable camp currency, preventing any accumulation of real money that could fund escape attempts or black market dealings with the local civilian population.
The Campbell catalog reference places this among a substantial body of American POW camp issues, but Camp Forrest examples turn up infrequently, likely because most scrip was destroyed or surrendered at repatriation.