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1 Rouble Batareynaya camp
| Issuer | D.V.A. (Deutsche Vereinigung in Asien) – Mannschaft-Lager Baterena, Siberia |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on yellow paper, with the denomination EIN RUBEL in large Gothic lettering across the top. A central oval vignette divides a multi-line German-language text reading ERLIEGT HIE- FÜR IN SIBIRREGIERUNGS-NOTEN, BELD WOHLFAHRTS-ORGANISATION D. MANNSCHAFT-LAGER BATERENA, SIBIRIEN, 1919, with the issuing authority initials D.V.A. below. A handwritten serial number in blue ink appears at upper left, with two manuscript signatures in black and red ink at the bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | EIN RUBEL No. ERLIEGT HIE- FÜR IN SIBIR REGIER- NOTEN BELD WOHLFAHRT -ORGANI- JA- TION D. MANN- SCHAFT-LAGER BATERENA SIBIRIEN, 1919 D.V.A.: |
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The Deutsche Vereinigung in Asien — the German Association in Asia — was a prisoner-of-war organization operating in Siberia during and after the First World War. This note was issued at the Mannschaft-Lager Baterena, one of the larger POW camps holding German and Austro-Hungarian enlisted men. Camp scrip of this type circulated internally to prevent prisoners from accumulating Russian currency, which the military administration considered a security and escape risk.
By 1919, the civil war raging across Siberia had made Russian ruble-denominated scrip practically worthless even as a reference unit. Survivors repatriated slowly; some were not home until 1921.