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10 Fillér POW Camp; Sopronnyék
| Issuer | K.u.K. Hadifogoly-Tábor Sopronnyék (Imperial and Royal POW Camp Sopronnyék) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse lettering | CSAKIS A FOGOLYTÁBORBAN ÉRVÉNYES 10 CS. és K. HADIFOGOLY-TÁBOR SOPRONNYÉK TIZ FILLÉR EZ ÖSSZEG EGY RÉSZÉT KÉPEZI A HADI-FOGLYOK RÉSZÉRŐL A TÁBORPARANCSNOKSÁGNÁL LETÉTBE HELYEZETT VAGYONNAK. SOPRONNYÉK, 1916. JUNIUS 16. TÁBOR-PARANCSNOK. PÉNZTÁR-BIZOTTSÁGI TAG INDIVISIBILITER INSEPARABILITER A TÁBORI PÉNZEK UTÁNZÁSA HADBÍRÓSÁGILAG BÜNTETTETIK. GLOBUS BUDAPEST. |
| Reverse description | Pink and dark brown letterpress voucher with matching guilloche border. The numeral '10' appears at the top centre over a dark rosette underprint, with a series and serial number box below. The camp designation 'K.u.K. KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER SOPRONNYÉK' and the denomination in bold German text follow. Two signatures flank the Austro-Hungarian coat of arms at the foot, dated Sopronnyék, 16. Juni 1916. |
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Sopronnyék — now Nikitsch in modern Austria, transferred to Burgenland after the post-WWI territorial settlements — housed one of the Austro-Hungarian empire's many Kriegsgefangenenlager, and like most large camps, it issued its own internal scrip to prevent prisoners from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. The 10 Fillér denomination is the smallest in the Sopronnyék series, intended for canteen transactions and minor labor credits.
Globus Nyomda in Budapest was a commercial printing house pressed into service for numerous camp issues during the war years — the production quality reflects a civilian printer working to a military contract with no particular urgency for security features.