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1 Pfennig Strasburg; Officers PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Strasburg |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1873-1923) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white paper voucher with letterpress text in black. The denomination '1 Pf.' and 'Ein Pfennig.' are printed centrally, above the legend 'Gültig nur im Lager' and the issuing authority. A circular violet official camp stamp is applied at centre-right. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted plain paper reverse showing faint bleed-through of the obverse letterpress text. No design elements or inscriptions are present. |
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Strasburg — the town in West Prussia, not Alsace — operated one of several officer-grade prisoner of war camps established by Germany during the First World War. Officers were housed separately from enlisted men under the terms of the Hague Conventions, and camp scrip was issued to allow them to purchase goods from the canteen without handling Reichsmark currency, which regulations discouraged.
The Kommandantur issued these notes internally, almost certainly printed locally given the modest production values typical of such camp issues. Survival rates vary considerably — some officers took scrip home as souvenirs; much was simply discarded at repatriation.