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1 Pfennig Stuttgart; Officers PoW Camp
| Issuer | Offizier-Gefangenen-Lager Stuttgart |
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| Size | 95 x 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with a central vertical guilloche band. The large numeral "1" is printed in the centre, with the denomination "Pfennig" below. To the left, vertical letterpress text reads "Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel"; to the right, vertical text reads "Nur im Offizier-Gef.-Lager Stuttgart gültig". |
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| Obverse lettering | Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel 1 Pfennig Nur im Offizier-Gef.-Lager Stuttgart gültig |
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German prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War operated internal scrip systems partly as a control mechanism — by restricting officers to camp-issued currency, authorities could monitor purchasing activity and limit the accumulation of usable Reich marks that might fund an escape attempt. Stuttgart's officer camp was among those that ran a tiered denomination system, with the lowest values handling canteen transactions for tobacco, soap, and small sundries.
Paper scrip at this level saw heavy daily use and survives in quantity only because camps were periodically resupplied with fresh stock. Worn examples are the honest ones.