Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Francs 301st Ordnance Regiment
| Issuer | Officers Club of North Africa, 301st Ordnance Regiment, U.S. Army (A.P.O. 600) |
|---|---|
| Year | |
| Type | Vouchers |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Plain buff paper stock with all-typeset letterpress design in black ink, entirely text-based with no vignette or ornamental underprint. Unit and club designations appear at top in graduated type sizes, separated from the denomination statement by a double rule. The face value 'Good for Ten (10) francs' is set in large bold type at centre. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | 301st Ordnance Regiment OFFICERS CLUB OF NORTH AFRICA A. P. O. 600 — U. S. Army Good for Ten (10) francs |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
A.P.O. 600 was the Army Post Office designation for U.S. forces in North Africa during World War II, placing this note within the operational theater of the Tunisia campaign and its aftermath. Officers' clubs in forward areas routinely issued scrip of this kind to keep hard currency — and especially Allied Military Currency — out of local black markets, where exchange rate manipulation was a persistent problem for military administrators.
The 301st Ordnance Regiment provided maintenance and supply support to armored and motorized units. Their club scrip had no value outside the mess, which was exactly the point.