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1 Franc - Montoire Loir-et-Cher
| Issuer | Dépôt d'Officiers Prisonniers de Guerre de Montoire |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | RF Ve. RÉGION RF DÉPÔT D'OFFICIERS PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE 1 Francs RF ΜΟΝΤΟIRE (Loir & Cher) RF EL 1917 (Translation: French Republic. 5th region. Officers depot prisoners of war.) |
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| Reverse lettering | DÉPÔT D'OFFICIERS PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE D. O. LE COMMANDANT P. G. MONTOIRE (L. & C.) LE COMPTABLE (Translation: Officers depot prisoners of war. The commandant, accountable.) |
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Montoire-sur-le-Loir held a depot for captured enemy officers during the First World War, and like many such facilities, it generated its own internal scrip when the French national supply chain couldn't reliably serve isolated prisoner populations. These camp-issued notes circulated only within the depot's economy — canteen purchases, small debts between inmates — and had no value beyond the wire.
Officer camps operated under different conditions than enlisted prisoner sites; the Hague Conventions entitled officers to certain privileges, including pay, which created a genuine need for a functioning internal currency rather than a pure token system.