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1 Pfennig Altengrabow; POW Camp
| Issuer | Mannschaftsgefangenenlager Alten-Grabow |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Papiermark (1914-1923) |
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| Obverse description | Brown on cream paper. Camp name 'Mannschaftsgefangenenlager Alten-Grabow' in letterpress at top, flanked by two octagonal denomination cartouches reading '1 Pfg.' The central value 'EIN PFENNIG' appears in bold letterpress. Date 'Alten-Grabow, den 1. Januar 1916' below, with commandant's manuscript signature. Restrictive usage clause in small print at foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse, unprinted, showing only the bleed-through impression of the obverse design visible as a mirror image through the thin paper stock. |
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Alten-Grabow, located near Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt, was one of Imperial Germany's larger prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War, holding predominantly Russian and French enlisted men. Camp scrip of this type was a practical administrative measure — it prevented POWs from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could fund escape attempts or be spent outside the wire, while still allowing rudimentary canteen commerce within the compound.
The 1 Pfennig denomination is the lowest in the Alten-Grabow series, and low-value camp scrip typically circulated hardest and survived least well.