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2 Francs - Camp pour Prisonniers de Guerre du Kommando de La Mailleraye
| Issuer | S.F.P. Raffinerie de La Mailleraye |
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| Year | 1940-1948 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | S. F. P. Raffinerie de La Mailleraye Le Trait (S.-Inf) Bon pour 2 fr. Argent de Camp pour Prisonniers de Guerre du Kommando de La Mailleraye. Ce Bon pourra être échangé à la Caisse de l'Usine (Translation: La Mailleraye Refinery Le Trait (Seine-Inférieure). Good for 2 francs. Camp Money for prisoners of war of the La Mailleraye Kommando. This voucher may be exchanged at the factory cashier.) |
| Reverse description | Plain pink paper with sparse letterpress printing in black ink. The place and date line 'LE TRAIT, le...' appears at the upper left with a dotted line extending across the width for manuscript completion, followed by 'La Direction,' centred below. A parenthetical stamp placeholder '(Cachet)' is printed at the lower left, and the printer's imprint appears at the lower right. |
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Camp scrip issued for a prisoner of war labor detachment attached to a sugar refinery on the Seine, between Rouen and the Normandy coast. The S.F.P. — Société Française de Sucrerie et de Produits Chimiques — used POW labor throughout the occupation period, and this scrip would have circulated exclusively within the camp's internal economy, preventing prisoners from accumulating French currency with any outside utility.
Pluvost in Duclair was a small regional printer; the pink paper is likely a denominating device rather than a security measure.