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10 Heller Aschach PoW camp
| Issuer | K.u.k. Kriegsgefangenenlager Aschach an der Donau |
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| Year | 1916-1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Light blue guilloche underprint with a cross-and-lozenge lattice pattern covers the field; the Austro-Hungarian double-headed eagle vignette appears at top centre, flanked by bold numeral '10' counters in all four corners. The denomination 'Zehn Heller' in blackletter script occupies the centre, with 'Lagergeld' below, two manuscript signatures flanking, and the camp title in Gothic type above. |
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| Reverse lettering | K. u. k. Kriegsgefangenenlager in Aschach a. D. Zehn Heller Lagergeld Verwaltungsoffizier. Lagerkommandant. HAAS & COMP., STEYR. |
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Aschach an der Donau was one of the larger Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War, holding primarily Russian and Italian prisoners. Camp scrip of this type was a deliberate administrative tool — prisoners could not spend it outside the wire, which simplified supply management and prevented cash from leaking into local civilian hands. Haas & Comp. in Steyr produced these notes for several K.u.k. camp installations in Upper Austria, and their output was functional rather than elaborate.
Surviving examples are uncommon; most camp currencies were either spent into destruction or destroyed by camp authorities at war's end.