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10 Mark Eschwege; P.O.W. Camp
| Uitgever | Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Eschwege |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1917 |
| Type | Vouchers |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Black letterpress on green guilloche underprint with a fine geometric pattern border. The denomination "Zehn Mark" is printed diagonally in large Gothic script across the centre, with the numeral "10" at lower left; a circular violet handstamp of the camp commandant's office appears at left. The note bears a serial number and suffix letter at upper centre, with validity and issuing authority inscriptions at right and lower right. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Circular violet handstamp of the camp commandant's office applied to the obverse as a validation mark. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Eschwege was a Hessian garrison town pressed into service as an officer prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War. Under the Hague Conventions, officers could not be compelled to work, so camp administrations issued internal scrip partly to manage purchasing within the camp canteen economy and partly to prevent the accumulation of Reichsmark currency that might fund escape attempts.
The handstamp authentication was applied locally — there was no central Reich authority overseeing these issues, and each Kommandantur devised its own system. Forgery by inmates was a documented problem at several German officer camps, and the handstamp exists precisely because printed-only scrip proved too easy to replicate.