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10 Pfennig Groß-Poritsch; PoW Camp
| Uitgever | Kriegsgefangenenlager Groß-Poritsch |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1916 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Letterpress-printed voucher in orange-red on cream paper, with black text. The denomination numeral '10' appears in each of the four corners within a simple frame. A central guilloche ornament in orange-red occupies the mid-section, flanked by the bold denomination text 'ZEHN PFENNIG'. The camp name 'Kriegsgefangenenlager Groß-Poritsch' is set in the upper register, with the full legal redemption text in German surrounding the central vignette, dated 'Groß-Poritsch, 1. Februar 1916', and bearing the commandant's manuscript signature at lower right; a violet 'Entwertet' (cancelled) handstamp is applied across the lower centre. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 10 Kriegsgefangenenlager Groß-Poritsch Der Kriegsgefangene, Inhaber dieses Gutscheines, erhält bei seiner Entlassung nach der Heimat oder Überweisung in ein anderes Lager gegen Rückgabe den Betrag von ZEHN PFENNIG von der Verwaltung für Gefangenengeld des Kriegsgefangenenlagers Groß-Poritsch ausbezahlt. Der Schein gilt nur innerhalb des Lagers. Groß-Poritsch, 1. Februar 1916. Kommandant Major. JOHANNES PÄSSLER, DRESDEN-N. (Translation: Groß-Poritsch prisoner of war camp. The prisoner of war, holder of this voucher, will receive upon his release to his homeland or transfer to another camp, upon return, the amount of ten pfennigs paid by the administration for prisoner money of the prisoner of war camp Groß-Poritsch. The note is valid only within the camp. Groß-Poritsch, February 1, 1916. Commandant Major.) |
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| Opmerkingen |
Groß-Poritsch was a German prisoner-of-war camp operating during the First World War, and like hundreds of similar facilities across the Reich, it issued its own internal scrip to control purchasing within the camp economy — preventing prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark that could fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with guards. These fractional Pfennig denominations handled canteen transactions; actual German currency was confiscated on arrival.
Johannes Pässler of Dresden was a small commercial printer responsible for numerous camp issue series, which accounts for the typographic similarity seen across several unrelated facilities. Campbell 3046 places this within a documented but sparsely catalogued series.