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1 Mark Kriegs Gefangenen Lager
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Lichtenhorst, Kantinenveraltung |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Lichtenhorst 1 Mark Kriegs Gefangenen Lager Gutschein über 1 Mark Dieser Gutschein gilt nur als Zahlmittel im Lager. Die Kantinen Verwaltung H. Heyer |
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| Reverse lettering | Russische Kapelle Innenansicht |
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Lichtenhorst was a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony that operated during the First World War. Canteen currency of this type — issued by the Kantinenverwaltung, the camp's canteen administration — existed specifically to prevent prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark coinage that could theoretically be used to bribe guards or fund escape attempts. The notes were valid only within the camp's own controlled economy.
The DeNG reference places this within a well-documented taxonomy of German WWI camp issues, though survival rates vary considerably across the Lichtenhorst denominations, with the lower values seeing heavier use and correspondingly more wear.