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10 Heller Brunn am Gebirge; Civilian Islands
| Issuer | K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge (I. & R. Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#1516 |
| Obverse description | Red letterpress print on cream paper with an ornate red geometric border of repeating diamond and square motifs enclosing the entire design. The left panel carries a red guilloche-pattern underprint with the denomination in three scripts — German (HELLER), numeral (10), and Cyrillic (ГЕЛЛЕРОВЪ) — above the black-printed serial number, with the series designation printed in black at upper left. The right field displays the Imperial Austro-Hungarian arms as a small vignette at upper centre between the issuer name and location, with the voucher text, validity clause, deposit-administration notice, and the printed facsimile titles and names of the administrative officer and camp commandant arranged in justified letterpress columns below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie A HELLER 10 ГЕЛЛЕРОВЪ K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge. GUTSCHEIN FÜR ZEHN HELLER Nur gültig im Innenverkehr des Kriegs-gefangenen-Gewerbelagers in Brunn a. G. Dieser Betrag ist ein Anteilschein des bei der Depositenverwaltung deponierten Guthabens der Kriegsgefangenen. Puskás, k. u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier. Gusell, k. u. k. Major, Lagerkommandant. (Translation: 10 Heller. I. & R. Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge. Voucher for Ten Heller. Only valid for internal transactions of the prisoner of war camp warehouse in Brunn am Gebirge. This amount is a share certificate of the credit deposited with the deposit administration of the prisoners of war. Puskás, I. & R. Lieutenant, Administrative Officer. Gusell, I. & R. Major, Camp Commander.) |
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Brunn am Gebirge, south of Vienna, housed one of the Austro-Hungarian military's internment and labor camp complexes during the First World War. The Gewerbelager — literally a trade or industrial camp — issued its own fractional scrip to facilitate internal commerce, bypassing the need for official coinage that was increasingly being hoarded or melted as the war dragged on and metal shortages worsened.
The dual-signature arrangement, with a Verwaltungsoffizier countersigning beneath the Lagerkommandant, reflects standard k.u.k. administrative protocol for accountability in camp finance. Puskás and Gusell are the only names attached to the entire Camb#1516 series.