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10 Centimes - Armée belge - Dépôt de prisonniers de guerre
| Issuer | Armée Belge - Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Value | 10 Centimes (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | ARMÉE BELGE Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre BON de 0fr. 10 N° 1299 (Translation: Belgian army. Prisoner of war depot. Voucher for 0.10 francs.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain pink paper, entirely unprinted save for faint pencil notations at upper right corner and minor ink marks at lower centre, consistent with field-issue voucher practice. |
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Belgian Army prisoner-of-war camp scrip, issued for internal use within Belgian-run POW detention camps during the Second World War. This type of restricted currency was a deliberate control measure: prisoners could receive payments or allowances only in scrip redeemable solely within the camp economy, preventing the accumulation of usable currency that might facilitate escape or black-market dealings with locals.
The pink paper composition was a functional distinction, not decorative — color differentiation allowed guards and administrators to identify denominations at a glance and to invalidate entire series quickly if stock was compromised.