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10 Heller Grödig PoW camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Grödig |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Obverse description | Grey and red camp money voucher with bold letterpress inscription LAGERGELD at centre over a cloud-shaped guilloche underprint in red. The denomination 10 HELLER appears in red vignettes at upper left and right corners. Serial number in red at top; two manuscript signatures below with titles VERWALTUNGS-OFFICIER and LAGER COMMANDANT. |
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| Reverse lettering | LAGERGELD im KRIEGSGEFANGENEN-LAGER GRÖDIG VERWALTUNGS-OFFICIER LAGER COMMANDANT |
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Grödig, a small village south of Salzburg, housed one of Austria-Hungary's many prisoner-of-war camps during the First World War. Camp-issued Lagergeld like this 10 Heller note was a deliberate administrative tool — by creating a closed internal currency, authorities prevented prisoners from accumulating Austro-Hungarian crowns that could fund escape attempts or purchase contraband from guards.
The Campbell reference 1392 places this among a well-documented but physically scarce group. Camp notes were produced in large quantities yet rarely survived the war; most were demonetized and destroyed when camps were dissolved in 1918-1919 during the repatriation process.