Catalog
1 Pfennig Saarbrücken, PoW Camp
| Issuer | 10. Landstrum-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Magdeburg IV/28 |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain dark-toned letterpress note with a symmetrical layout. The central panel carries the denomination word 'Pfennig' in bold script within a horizontally ruled oval cartouche, flanked on each side by circular guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '1'. A curved banner at the top bears the issuing unit inscription, while two further legend lines at the bottom identify Saarbrücken as the place of validity and restrict use to prisoner-of-war currency ('Nur Gefangenengeld'). |
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| Obverse lettering | 10. LANDSTRM.-JNFTR.-ERS.-BATLN. MAGDEBURG IV/28 1 PFENNIG 1 IN SAARBRÜCKEN NUR GEFANGENENGELD |
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Prisoner of war camp money issued by Landsturm infantry replacement battalions occupies one of the more legally ambiguous corners of German WWI notgeld — these units were responsible for guarding PoW labor details, and the scrip they issued was a mechanism for controlling canteen purchases among prisoners rather than a circulating currency in any conventional sense. The issuing battalion, IV/28, was a Magdeburg-district home defense unit, not a front formation.
Saarbrücken camp issues from this series are genuinely scarce in collector holdings. Most were redeemed or simply discarded at war's end.