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1 Lira Serravalle Scrivia - n. 5
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento P.G. n. 5 (Serravalle Scrivia) |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo Concentramento P. G. n. 5 P. M. 3100 1 BUONO per LIRE UNA Il Comandante del Campo Vale solo per lo spaccio del Campo. F. Apollonio e C. 385 AL (Translation: PoW concentration camp no. 5. Voucher for 1 lira. Camp comandant. Valid only for the camp canteen) |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted cream paper, with faint show-through of the obverse letterpress text visible in raking light. The right edge shows a perforated margin. |
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Campo di Concentramento P.G. n. 5 at Serravalle Scrivia was an Italian prisoner of war camp operating under the Fascist regime during the Second World War. The internal scrip issued there — denominated in lire but valid only within the camp perimeter — was a condition imposed by the Geneva Convention, which required detaining powers to pay enlisted prisoners a nominal wage while preventing that money from being used outside the wire.
F. Apollonio e C. printed several Italian POW camp series, making them the de facto specialist printer for this peculiar wartime niche. Survival rates are low; most camp scrip was confiscated or discarded at liberation.