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2 Francs - Cantine des P. G. A.
| Issuer | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais, Groupe de Bruay |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Groupe de Bruay - Cantine des P. G. A. BON pour 2 francs valeur en marchandises à prendre à la Cantine du Camp L'Ingénieur en Chef des Services Administratifs et Commerciaux (Translation: Coal mines of the Nord Basin and Pas-de-Calais. Bruay Group, Axis prisoners of war canteen. Voucher for 2 francs, value in goods to be taken at the camp canteen. The chief engineer of the administrative and commercial services.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, showing the plain pink paper stock with no text, vignette, or security device. |
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The Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais were nationalized coal-mining entities created by the French government in 1946, and the canteen scrip they issued was a direct consequence of that restructuring — private employers had long used such tokens to bind workers to company-controlled stores, and the practice continued under state ownership with remarkable continuity. The Bruay group's canteen currency circulated exclusively within its mining community, redeemable only at the designated cantine des prisonniers de guerre — the canteen serving German POW labor deployed in the French coalfields after the Liberation.
POW labor in French mines persisted well into 1948, which brackets the issue dates precisely.