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1 Heller Aschach PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.k. Kriegsgefangenenlager Aschach an der Donau |
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| Year | 1916-1918 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed identically to the obverse, with the same dotted border frame, double-headed eagle vignette at top centre, blackletter camp title, large Gothic denomination "Ein 1 Heller", "Lagergeld" inscription, and twin facsimile signatures with their respective title captions. The printer's imprint "Haas & Comp. Steyr" appears at the foot of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | K.u.k. Kriegsgefangenenlager in Aſchach a.D. Ein Heller Lagergeld |
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The K.u.k. Kriegsgefangenenlager at Aschach an der Donau was one of dozens of Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camps that issued internal scrip during the First World War — a deliberate policy to prevent prisoners from accumulating currency usable beyond the wire. These camp notes circulated only within the enclosure and were theoretically worthless the moment a prisoner was transferred or repatriated.
Haas & Comp. of Steyr supplied printing services to several regional institutions, making them a practical choice for a camp located on the Danube in Upper Austria. The 1 Heller denomination is the lowest in the Aschach series, reflecting the genuinely small transactions — canteen purchases, largely — for which this scrip was designed.