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10 Mark Gefangenen-Lager
| Issuer | Gefangenen-Lager Chemnitz |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-grey on cream paper, the reverse carries a dense guilloche underprint with six repeated Imperial German eagle vignettes arranged symmetrically across the field. A central baroque cartouche with acanthus scrollwork encloses a bordered text panel bearing the redemption clause in German, with bold black letterpress numerals "10" and the word "MARK" at all four corners. The printer's imprint "Alexander Wiede Chemnitz" appears at the base of the central panel. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 MARK Der Betrag für diesen Gutschein wird bei Entlassung des Gefangenen in bar ausgezahlt, bei Überweisung in ein anderes Lager dahin überwiesen. ALEXANDER WIEDE CHEMNITZ |
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Prisoner-of-war camp currency issued at Chemnitz during the First World War, printed locally by Alexander Wiede — a Chemnitz commercial printer with no particular specialization in security printing. The German military ran a decentralized camp scrip system, leaving individual facilities to arrange their own note production, which is why the quality and format of Lager currency varied so dramatically from camp to camp. Wiede's involvement here reflects that improvised supply chain rather than any considered procurement decision.
Camp scrip at this denomination circulated exclusively within the wire. Repatriated prisoners had no legal mechanism to redeem it.