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1 Korona POW Camp; Zalaegerszeg
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Zalaegerszeg-Tábor (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Zalaegerszeg) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Size | 110 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-green underprint with a purple floral arabesque guilloche border enclosing four dark circular medallions at the corners, each bearing a bold numeral '1'. An oval cartouche at top centre carries the validity restriction in Hungarian, while the denomination 'Egy Korona' appears at centre with the date 'Zalaegerszeg, 1916. augusztus 15.' below. Three facsimile signature lines captioned 'LETÉTKEZELŐ TISZT', 'TÁBORPARANCSNOK', and 'SZÁMVIVŐTISZT' occupy the lower portion, beneath which the combined Austro-Hungarian imperial coat of arms with motto scrolls 'INDIVISIBILITER' and 'INSEPARABILITER' is printed at lower centre, with the printer's imprint 'GLOBUS BUDAPEST.' at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Csakis a fogolytáborban érvényes. Cs. és K. Hadifogoly-Tábor ZALAEGERSZEG-TÁBOR Egy Korona Ez az összeg egy részét képezi a hadifoglyok részéről a táborparancsnokságnál letétbe helyezett vagyonnak Zalaegerszeg, 1916. augusztus 15. "Globus" Budapest. |
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K.u.K. prisoner of war camps across the Austro-Hungarian Empire issued their own internal currency to prevent captured soldiers from accumulating spendable money that could fund escape attempts or black market dealings with local civilians. Zalaegerszeg, in western Hungary, held predominantly Russian and Romanian prisoners — the camp population swelled considerably after the Brusilov Offensive of 1916, which is almost certainly why this note was produced that same year.
Globus was a well-established Budapest commercial printer, not a security press. The camp scrip was never meant to outlast the war.