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1 Pfennig Bad Blenhorst; Officer PoW Camp
| Issuer | Offizier-Gefangenen-Lager Bad Blenhorst |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 36 x 29 mm |
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| Obverse description | Small rectangular voucher printed on pink paper with a double-ruled border. A central eagle vignette is overprinted by a circular violet camp stamp reading 'OFFIZIER GEFANGENENLAGER'. Text in letterpress reads 'Gutschein', '1 Pfennig', and 'Offizier-Gefangenen-Lager Bad Blenhorst'. |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper reverse bearing a single red rectangular datestamp applied at an angle, inscribed 'B. 25. 4. 18.' indicating date of issue or validation. |
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Bad Blenhorst was a German facility holding Allied officers during the final year of the First World War. Prisoner-of-war camp money of this type was issued to prevent internees from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could theoretically fund escape attempts or be used outside the wire — a concern German authorities took seriously enough to mandate dedicated scrip across dozens of camps by 1916.
At 36 x 29 mm, this is among the smallest pieces of WWI Lagergeld recorded in the Campbell census.