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1 Mark Strasbourg; Rumänen-Bataillon A.A.B.
| Issuer | Rumänen-Bataillon A.A.B. (Romanian Battalion, Strasbourg) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für 1 Mark Rumänen-Bataillon A. A. B. (Translation: Voucher for 1 Mark. Romanian Battalion A.A.B.) |
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| Reverse lettering | Königl. Pr. Lust. Batl. Landst. B. Bez. Komp. II. 39. |
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The Rumänen-Bataillon A.A.B. was one of the prisoner-of-war or auxiliary labor units organized under German military administration during the First World War, drawing on Romanian nationals — likely captured soldiers or conscripted laborers — stationed in or around Strasbourg, then part of the German Reich. Unit-issued scrip of this kind circulated only within the closed economy of the camp or billet, preventing German currency from leaking into the hands of non-German subjects.
Yellow paper was a common distinguishing device for such internal currency, making counterfeiting or smuggling notes outside the unit immediately obvious to guards.