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10 Fillér POW Camp; Dunaszerdahely
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Dunaszerdahely (Imperial and Royal POW Camp Dunaszerdahely) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Size | 100 x 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-toned voucher printed on a fine guilloche scallop-pattern underprint throughout, with the bold denomination numeral '10' set in large type at each upper corner. The central field carries Hungarian text identifying the issuing Imperial and Royal POW camp at Dunaszerdahely, with the value 'TIZ FILLÉR' in heavy letterpress within a dark horizontal band. Two circular ink-stamp validations bearing a crown motif flank the lower portion, beneath which two manuscript signatures appear under the titles 'TÁBORPARANCSNOK' (Camp Commandant) and 'SZÁMVIVŐFŐHADNAGY' (Chief Accounting Lieutenant), with the place and date of issue completing the lower legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 CS. ÉS KIR. HADIFOGOLY-TÁBOR 10 DUNASZERDAHELY TIZ FILLÉR MELY ÖSSZEG EGY RÉSZÉT KÉPEZI A HADIFOGLYOK RÉSZÉRŐL A TÁBORPARANCSNOKSÁGNÁL LETÉTBE HELYEZETT VAGYONNAK DUNASZERDAHELY, 1916. JANUÁR 15. |
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Dunaszerdahely (today Dunajská Streda, Slovakia) hosted one of the many Austro-Hungarian POW camps that issued internal camp currency during the First World War to prevent prisoners from accumulating hard coin — a precaution against bribery, escape financing, and the simple economic disruption of captives holding spendable money. These Lagergeld issues circulated only within the wire, redeemable solely at the camp canteen.
Globus was a well-established Budapest commercial printer, not a specialist security press, which shows in the modest production of this series. The camp validation stamp — applied individually — was the only real barrier against forgery, a thin line of authenticity on an otherwise straightforward commercial print job.