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1 Lira PoW Camp 32
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra N. 32 |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on purple paper in black letterpress. The voucher is divided by a vertical rule into a left stub and a main body; the stub carries the camp designation in two lines and a serial number at lower left. The main body bears the denomination 'BUONO per L. 1,00' in bold type at centre, flanked above by a full header inscription and below by the restriction notice, with a handwritten signature of the Camp Commander at upper right and a circular handstamp applied at centre left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo Concentramento prigionieri di guerra N. 32 - P. M. 3200 CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA N. 32 - P. M. 3200 BUONO per L. 1,00 Il Comandante del Campo VALE SOLO PRESSO LO SPACCIO DEL CAMPO (Translation: Prisoner of war concentration camp no. 32. Voucher for 1 lira. Camp commander. Valid only at the camp canteen.) |
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Italian Prisoner of War camps operated their own internal scrip systems during the Second World War, issuing denominations redeemable only within camp boundaries — a mechanism designed both to prevent hoarding of real currency and to control access to canteen goods. Campo N. 32's exact location remains disputed in the literature; Italian PoW camps bearing this numbering system were distributed across multiple theaters, and documentation from many was destroyed or never formally archived.
Purple paper distinguished lower denominations across several Italian camp series, though whether this was a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure or simply the result of available stock is unresolved.