Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Heller Kleinmünchen; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Kleinmünchen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Heller (0.01) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Gutschein giltig nur für den Geldverkehr der Kriegsgefangenen innerhalb des Kriegsgefangenenlagers 1 HELLER KLEINMÜNCHEN am 19 Juli 1915. PROVIANTOFFIZIER. LAGERKOMMANDANT. (Translation: Voucher valid only for the monetary transactions of prisoners of war within the prisoner-of-war camp. Kleinmünchen, 19 July 1915. Provisions Officer. Camp Commandant.) |
| Reverse description | Black letterpress print on a yellow underprint, identical in layout to the obverse but without a serial number. The heading 'Gutschein' in large blackletter script heads the note, with two circular guilloche rosettes bearing '1 HELLER' at left and right and the camp name 'KLEINMÜNCHEN' in the central panel. Facsimile signatures with their respective captions appear at the bottom. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Kleinmünchen was an industrial district on the southern edge of Linz, and the prisoner-of-war camp established there in 1915 drew heavily on captive labor for the nearby textile factories — a common arrangement in the Habsburg war economy. Camp scrip of this type was issued to control purchasing within the compound and prevent Austrian currency from accumulating in prisoners' hands or filtering out through guards.
The Heller denominations are the smallest in the Kleinmünchen series. Paper issues at this fractional value are more fragile than the cardboard or linen-backed camp tokens produced elsewhere in Austria-Hungary, and attrition has been substantial.