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10 Kronen Mauthausen; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K. u. k. Kriegsgefangenenlager Mauthausen (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Mauthausen) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Kronen K. u. k. Kriegsgefangenenlager Mauthausen. ZEHN KRONEN Dieser Betrag ist ein Anteilschein des bei der Depositenverwaltung deponierten Guthabens der Kriegsgefangenen. Verwaltungsoffizier Lagerkommandant. (Translation: Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Mauthausen. Ten Kronen. This amount is a share certificate of the balance of the prisoners of war deposited with the deposit administration. Administrative officer. Camp commandant.) |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper reverse bearing one or more handstamped impressions applied by the camp administration as a control or validation mark. |
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Mauthausen-on-the-Danube hosted one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's larger prisoner of war camps during the First World War, holding primarily Russian and Italian captives at various points. Camp scrip of this type was a deliberate administrative tool — it prevented prisoners from accumulating Kronen currency usable outside the wire, while still allowing internal canteen transactions to function.
The dual signatures — Bartunck as administrative officer and Nottes as camp commandant — were both an accountability measure and an anti-counterfeiting precaution. Forgery of camp scrip by prisoners was not unknown across the broader POW camp network.