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1 Pfennig Quedlinburg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Mannschaftsgefangenenlager Quedlinburg |
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| Year | 1916-1918 |
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| Currency | Papiermark (1914-1923) |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress on cream paper with a floral guilloche underprint. The denomination '1 Pfg.' appears in two flanking octagonal cartouches, with 'EIN PFENNIG' in large bold letters between them. The camp name 'Mannschaftsgefangenenlager QUEDLINBURG' is inscribed at the top, the issue date 'Quedlinburg, den 1. Januar 1916' at centre-lower, and a commandant's manuscript signature above a small-print redemption clause. |
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| Obverse lettering | Mannschaftsgefangenenlager QUEDLINBURG 1 Pfg. ·EIN· PFENNIG 1 Pfg. Quedlinburg, den 1. Januar 1916 Der Kommandant Dieses Lagergeld gilt nur als Zahlungsmittel im Lager und bei den für Arbeitskommandos bezeichneten Verkaufsstellen. Einlösung erfolgt nur durch das Gefangenenlager Quedlinburg. Scheine bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, werden nicht eingelöst. |
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Quedlinburg's Mannschaftsgefangenenlager was an enlisted men's camp — the distinction matters, because under the 1907 Hague Conventions, enlisted prisoners could be compelled to work, and internal scrip like this was the mechanism that kept that labor economy functioning without introducing Reichsmark currency into the camp population. The pfennig denominations were deliberately low; larger purchasing power would have created incentives for counterfeiting or hoarding that camp administrators couldn't easily control.
Paper camp issues from German PoW facilities of this period are frequently encountered in poor condition — the material was cheap by design, intended for a closed circulation with a finite lifespan tied directly to the armistice.