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1 Mark Plassenburg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K. Offiziersgefangenenlager Plassenburg |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Blue paper with black letterpress text over an allover blue guilloche underprint. A central ornate cartouche frames the large denomination numeral '1', flanked to either side by the words 'EINE' and 'MARK' in bold black type, with corner numeral '1' at each angle and two small German imperial eagles at the lower centre. A decorative floral border encloses the entire face. |
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| Obverse lettering | K. Offiziersgefangenenlager GUT FÜR EINE 1 MARK Plassenburg. Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel (Translation: Imperial officers prisoner of war camp. Good for one mark. No public means of payment.) |
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Plassenburg, the Renaissance hilltop fortress above Kulmbach in Bavaria, served as an officers' prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War — the "K." in the issuer name abbreviates "Königlich" (Royal), reflecting its Bavarian state administration. Camp scrip of this type was issued specifically to restrict purchasing power to approved canteen goods, preventing cash from leaving the camp or being used for bribery.
Alexander Wiede of Chemnitz was a minor commercial printer with no specialist security printing background, which is typical of German PoW camp money — procurement was local and practical, not centralized. Campbell 3368 is a scarce entry in the series.