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1 Francs - Camp pour Prisonniers de Guerre du Kommando de La Mailleraye
| Issuer | Raffinerie de La Mailleraye (S.F.P.), Le Trait |
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| Year | 1940-1948 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Plain letterpress-printed voucher in black on cream paper, enclosed within a single rectangular border. The issuer's identity — S.F.P. / Raffinerie de La Mailleraye / Le Trait (S.-Inf.) — appears in the upper left, with a handwritten serial number field at upper right. The denomination "Bon pour 1 fr." is set in large bold type at centre, underscored by a double rule, with the purpose inscription "Argent de Camp pour Prisonniers de Guerre du Kommando de La Mailleraye" and redemption clause "Ce Bon pourra être échangé à la Caisse de l'Usine" in smaller type below. |
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| Obverse lettering | S. F. P. Raffinerie de La Mailleraye Le Trait (S.-Inf) Bon pour 1 fr. Argent de Camp pour Prisonniers de Guerre du Kommando de La Mailleraye. Ce Bon pourra être échangé à la Caisse de l'Usine (Translation: La Mailleraye Refinery Le Trait (Seine-Inférieure). Good for 1 franc. Camp Money for prisoners of war of the La Mailleraye Kommando. This voucher may be exchanged at the factory cashier.) |
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La Mailleraye-sur-Seine sits on the Seine roughly halfway between Rouen and the estuary, and during the German occupation the sugar refinery there — the Société Française de Pétroles facility at Le Trait — was pressed into service as a prisoner of war work camp. This note was issued by the refinery itself to pay internees for labor, a practice the Germans permitted across occupied France as a way to keep POW camp economies contained and auditable. The printer, Imprimerie L. Pluvost of nearby Duclair, was a small regional house with no particular specialization in currency work.
Pink paper, local printer, wartime necessity — the whole issue has the character of something improvised under administrative pressure rather than designed.