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2 francs- Bon de cantine
| Issuer | Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on red cardboard, the obverse bears the heading 'Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre' across the top, with a dotted line below the preprinted 'de' for the camp name to be completed in manuscript. To the lower right, the denomination 'BON DE CANTINE / 2 Francs' appears in bold type, separated by a rule, while a sequential serial number is printed to the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre de BON DE CANTINE 2 Francs |
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Bons de cantine were scrip issued by individual prisoner-of-war camps to prevent captives from accumulating currency that could fund escape attempts. This example comes from a French Dépôt de Prisonniers de Guerre — almost certainly holding German or Austro-Hungarian prisoners on French soil during the First World War. Camp scrip of this type was produced locally, often crudely, and the issuing depot is rarely identified beyond its generic administrative title, making attribution to a specific camp difficult or impossible without accompanying documentation.
Red cardboard was a deliberate choice: it distinguished camp scrip from official franc notes at a glance and complicated unauthorized reproduction with basic materials.