Catalog
10 Centesimi Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze
| Issuer | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale di Firenze |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Comando del Corpo d'Armata Territoriale DI FIRENZE PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA Buono per Cent. Dieci valevole solo per i PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA nell'interno del Reparto retroindicato. Istituto geogr. milit., 1917. (Translation: Command of the Territorial Army Corps of Florence, Prisoners of war. Voucher for ten centesimi, valid only for prisoners of war within the unit indicated on reverse. Military Geographical Institute, 1917) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPARTO DEI PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA di ____ Il Comandante del Reparto Bollo d' Ufficio (Translation: Prisoner of War Department of ___ Official stamp. The Commanding Officer of the department.) |
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Emergency fiduciary notes issued by Italian territorial army commands during 1917 were a direct response to the acute small-denomination coin shortage that gripped civilian and military populations alike during the war years. The Comando at Florence was one of several regional military authorities authorized to issue these buoni di cassa — essentially IOUs backed by nothing more than local military administration. Their circulation was theoretically confined to the command's jurisdiction.
The Istituto Geografico Militare, Florence's military cartographic institute, printed this series — a practical choice given proximity, security, and available infrastructure, not a comment on quality.