Catalog
1 Mark Golzern; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Golzern (Mulde) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on a blue guilloche underprint with decorative border. The camp name "Kriegsgefangenenlager Golzern (Mulde)" appears at the top, with the denomination "EINE MARK" in large bold letters at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower left and lower right, identifying the Verpflegungsoffizier (Supply Officer) with rank Oberleutnant and the Kommandant with rank Oberst, above the printer's imprint of Johannes Pässler, Dresden. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kriegsgefangenenlager Golzern(Mulde) Der Kriegsgefangene,Inhaber dieses Gutscheines,erhält bei seiner Entlassung nach der Heimat oder Ueberweisung in ein anderes Lager gegen Rückgabe den Betrag von EINE MARK von der Verwaltung für Gefangenengeld des Kriegsgefangenenlagers Golzern (Mulde) ausbezahlt.Der Schein gilt nur innerhalb des Lagers. Verpflegungsoffizier. Kommandant. Oberleutnant. Oberst. Golzern(Mulde) am 1.Februar 1916. (Translation: 1 Prisoner of war Camp Golzern (Mulde) The prisoner of war,holder of this voucher,will receive upon his release to his homeland or transfer to another Camp the sum of one mark. Paid out by the prisoner money administration of the Golzern(Mulde)prisoner of war Camp.The certifícate is only valid within the Camp. Golzern(Mulde) Supply officer. Commandant. First Lieutenant. February 1st 1916) |
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Golzern was a prisoner-of-war labor camp in Saxony, situated near the Mulde river, and by 1916 was holding Allied prisoners put to work in wartime agricultural and industrial tasks. Camp scrip of this kind was mandated under German military administration to prevent prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could fund escape attempts — the 1 Mark denomination here sat at the practical ceiling for day-to-day canteen transactions within the wire.
Johannes Pässler of Dresden printed for numerous Saxon camp authorities during the war years, producing relatively consistent typographic work across a range of Lagergelds. Golzern issues are modestly scarce; the camp's small prisoner population kept total print runs low.