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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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| Reverse description | The reverse mirrors the obverse layout with an identical yellow-green underprint and purple floral guilloche border enclosing four dark corner medallions each bearing the numeral '1'. An oval cartouche at top centre carries the validity restriction in German, flanked by series and serial number panels, while the denomination 'Eine Krone' in Gothic blackletter script at centre is flanked by the Cyrillic inscriptions 'ОДНА' and 'КОРОНА'. Three facsimile signature lines captioned 'DEPOSITENVERWALTER', 'LAGERKOMMANDANT', and 'RECHNUNGSFÜHRER' appear below, with the imperial coat of arms and motto scrolls at lower centre and the printer's imprint 'GLOBUS BUDAPEST.' at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Giltig Nur Innerhalb Des Kriegsgefangenen- Lagers. K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager ZALAEGERSZEG-TÁBOR Eine Krone Dieser Betrag Ist Ein Anteil Des Beim Lagerkommando Erliegenden Guthabens Der Kriegsgefangenen Zalaegerszeg, 15. August 1916. "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.