Katalog
| Emittent | Kriegsgefangenenlager Reichenberg |
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| Jahr | |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Paper |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Ochre-toned voucher printed in black letterpress on plain paper. The upper half is dominated by a large oval cartouche with decorative scrollwork at its corners, enclosing a guilloche underprint over which the bold numeral '1' is set. Below the cartouche, the denomination 'Heller' is rendered in a heavy blackletter typeface, followed by a horizontal rule and the validity inscription in roman type, beneath which the camp name 'Reichenberg' appears in a large blackletter script. The lower portion carries two manuscript-style facsimile signatures above the printed role titles 'Kassamitsperrer' and 'Lagerkommandant', with a typeset serial number at the foot. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | 1 Heller giltig nur im Kriegsgefangenenlager Reichenberg Kassamitsperrer Lagerkommandant |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
Reichenberg — today Liberec in the Czech Republic — hosted one of the Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camp network's smaller facilities during the First World War. These internal camp currencies were a deliberate administrative tool: by restricting prisoners to a closed monetary system, camp authorities could prevent the accumulation of real coinage that might fund escape attempts or bribe guards. The Heller denominations handled the smallest canteen transactions.
Campbell 1440 is among the more obscure entries in the broader Lagergeld documentation. Survival rates for these low-denomination camp issues are poor — not because of heavy use, but because almost no one thought them worth keeping.