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1 Krone Landegg Refugee Camp
| Issuer | K.K. Barackenverwaltung Landegg (Imperial-Royal Barracks Administration Landegg) |
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| Year | 1915-1918 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#1583 |
| Obverse description | Printed entirely in black letterpress on yellow paper stock, the obverse is framed by a decorative border of repeating oval and foliate chain motifs. The title inscription 'K.K. BARACKENVERWALTUNG LANDEGG NÖ.' runs across the top in a bold black panel, flanked on each side by numeral '1' in solid black squares. The central text block carries the redemption clause in German, interrupted at centre by a circular black vignette bearing the large numeral '1' above the denomination legend 'KRONE', flanked by symmetrical foliate sprays; below the text block a further panel of explanatory non-redemption conditions is set off by a horizontal rule, with 'LAGERGELD' in a solid black banner at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain yellow paper with a faint rectangular blind-border impression visible at the edges. |
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Landegg, in Lower Austria, was established as a large internment and refugee camp during the First World War, primarily housing Galician and Bukovinian civilians displaced by the Eastern Front fighting of 1914–15. The K.K. Barackenverwaltung — the imperial-royal barracks administration — issued its own internal scrip because inmates had no legitimate reason to hold Austrian crown currency, and camp authorities needed to control purchasing within the canteen economy. These notes are camp money in the strictest sense: not legal tender, not redeemable outside the wire.
The yellow paper distinguishes the 1 Krone denomination within the series — different values were printed on different colored stock to reduce confusion among a largely illiterate population.