Grafenwöhr has functioned as a military training area since 1907, and the labor companies stationed there during the First World War operated within a semi-closed economic system that necessitated scrip. The Arbeiterkompagnie — essentially organized military labor units — used privately issued tokens to control canteen and facility spending, preventing coined currency from leaking out of a restricted garrison economy.
Zinc was the wartime default once copper and nickel were redirected to munitions production after 1916.
Grafenwöhr has functioned as a military training area since 1907, and the labor companies stationed there during the First World War operated within a semi-closed economic system that necessitated scrip. The Arbeiterkompagnie — essentially organized military labor units — used privately issued tokens to control canteen and facility spending, preventing coined currency from leaking out of a restricted garrison economy.
Zinc was the wartime default once copper and nickel were redirected to munitions production after 1916.