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10 Pfennig Strasbourg; Rumänenkommando XIII
| Issuer | Rumänenkommando XIII (Romanian Command XIII), Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain yellow cardboard voucher with a thin black rectangular border. Letterpress-printed black text in two sizes reads 'Gutschein / für 10 Pfennig' in large bold type, with 'Rumänenkommando XIII' in smaller bold type at the base. A circular violet handstamp of the Royal Prussian Landsturm Guard Company II/39 is applied over the centre of the note, incorporating a heraldic eagle device. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für 10 Pfennig Rumänenkommando XIII (Translation: Voucher for 10 Pfennig. Romanian Command XIII.) |
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Rumänenkommando XIII was a prisoner-of-war camp command operating in Strasbourg during the First World War, housing Romanian captives taken by the Central Powers. This 10 Pfennig piece is camp money — issued specifically for internal canteen or labor transactions, preventing prisoners from accumulating Reich currency that could fund escape attempts. The yellow cardboard stock was a deliberate choice: visually distinct, easily spotted outside the wire, and nearly impossible to pass in civilian commerce.
Romanian POW camp issues from German-administered Alsace are among the thinner areas of Lagergeld documentation. Many were destroyed or discarded after armistice.