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10 Lire PoW Camp 15
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento Prigionieri di Guerra N. 15 |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed canteen voucher on plain paper in black ink, with the camp designation and denomination text arranged in three horizontal registers across the face. A circular violet handstamp reading 'Campo P.G.' with '(Bello)' at centre is applied over the signature area, flanked by the printed titles of the administration office chief and camp commander, the latter accompanied by a manuscript signature. A handwritten serial number appears at lower left, with the validity restriction clause at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Campo concentramento prigionieri di guerra n. 15 Buono per Lire 10,— Il capo ufficio amministrazione Il comandante del campo No 1266 Vale solo per lo spaccio del campo. (Translation: Prisoner of war concentration camp no. 15. Voucher for 10 lire. The head of the administration office. The camp commander. No. 1266. Valid only for the camp canteen.) |
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Italian prisoner of war camps operated their own internal scrip systems during the Second World War, issuing denominated notes redeemable only within camp boundaries — a deliberate policy to prevent currency from funding escape attempts or benefiting the local civilian economy. Campo N. 15 was one of dozens of such camps established across the Italian peninsula and its occupied territories.
The precise location of Campo 15 remains uncertain in the literature; Italian POW camp numbering was not always geographically systematic, and administrative records for the smaller camps were poorly preserved after the armistice of September 1943, when many facilities fell into chaos.