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10 Mark Königstein an der Elbe; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Festung Königstein a.d. Elbe |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Obverse description | Light pink smooth firm paper with a reddish-brown rectangular border frame enclosing all text. Denomination numeral '10' appears in the upper left and right corners. All text is letterpress-printed in reddish-brown ink, with the central value 'ZEHN MARK' in bold enlarged type. |
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| Protection description | Wheel pattern watermark (Radmuster, Keller #73) visible throughout the paper. |
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Königstein fortress, perched on a sandstone plateau above the Elbe in Saxony, functioned as an officer prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War — a role befitting a site that had previously held state prisoners under the Saxon kings. Camp scrip of this type was a practical necessity: Allied officers required a medium of exchange for canteen purchases that could not be spent or easily converted outside the wire. Dondorf & Naumann, better known for their playing card and securities printing, supplied the technical quality the camp administration wanted, including a watermarked paper stock that discouraged forgery by fellow inmates.