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10 Heller Landegg Refugee Camp
| Issuer | K.K. Barackenverwaltung Landegg |
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| Year | 1915-1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black on pale green paper, the note carries a bold header panel reading 'K.K. BARACKENVERWALTUNG LANDEGG N.Ö.' with numeral '10' tablets at each corner, all enclosed within a decorative chain-and-foliate border. A central circular vignette bearing the denomination '10 Heller' in contrasting black and white is flanked by foliate scrollwork, with redemption conditions set in Gothic typeface above. The footer carries the legend 'LAGERGELD' within a solid black panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain pale green paper surface devoid of any text, vignettes, or ornamental elements. |
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The K.K. Barackenverwaltung — the Imperial-Royal Barracks Administration — issued scrip of this type for internal use within the Austro-Hungarian refugee and internee camps that proliferated after 1914. Landegg, in Lower Austria, housed displaced civilians from the eastern war zones, primarily Galicia and Bukovina, as the Russian advances of 1914–15 sent hundreds of thousands westward. Camp scrip prevented residents from accessing the broader economy while giving administrators control over internal purchasing.
Campbell 1582 is among the more obscure Austrian camp issues — documentation on exact print runs and issuing periods remains thin.