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1 Rouble Batareynaya; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Welfare Organization Batareynaya (POW Camp) |
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| Year | 1919-1920 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on plain paper, with the denomination 'Ein Rubel' in large bold letters across the upper register, followed by the bilingual German and Hungarian welfare organization text centering on 'BATAREYNAJA' and a handwritten serial number. Two vertical panels at left and right bear the abbreviated denomination 'Rbl' within decorative frames. Two manuscript signatures appear in blue and red ink across the center field. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain unadorned paper showing natural aging consistent with the period of issue. |
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Welfare organization scrip issued within a prisoner-of-war camp environment during the Russian Civil War period. These camp currencies were produced to allow controlled internal exchange — preventing direct cash from circulating among prisoners while still permitting canteen or commissary transactions. The Batareynaya camp scrip series is among the lesser-documented Russian internment issues of 1919–1920, a moment when dozens of ad hoc monetary instruments were appearing across former Imperial territory under wildly varying authorities.
Campbell 6857 is sparsely recorded in the major auction archives, and surviving examples are rarely accompanied by solid provenance.