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10 Centimes - Hospital du Mas-Éloi
| Issuer | Hôpital du Mas-Éloi (Blessés Allemands) |
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| Year | 1914-1921 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on blue paper. The heading bears the institution name and designation in two lines, followed by the denomination in large bold type at centre. Below, a handwritten signature appears beneath the printed caption for the administrative officer, with a serial number field at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | HOPITAL DU MAS-ÉLOI BLESSÉS ALLEMANDS BON de 0.10 с. L'Officier gestionnaire, (Translation: Mas-Eloi Hospital. Wounded Germans. Voucher for 10 centimes. The Administrative Officer.) |
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Hôpital du Mas-Éloi was a French facility designated for wounded German prisoners during the First World War — the parenthetical "Blessés Allemands" in the issuer name makes that explicit. These small-denomination hospital tokens in paper were a common administrative solution across French internment and POW medical facilities: official currency couldn't circulate freely within such institutions, so canteen scrip filled the gap.
The date range extending to 1921 reflects the slow repatriation process; German prisoners were held well past the Armistice as France retained labor for reconstruction work under the peace terms.