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2 Kronen/2 Korona Nagymegyer; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Nagymegyer (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Nagymegyer) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on a green underprint, the reverse mirrors the obverse layout but renders all text in Hungarian. The Austro-Hungarian Empire coat of arms appears as a vignette at the top centre, with the denomination, camp name, validity clause, and officer titles set in letterpress below, concluding with the printer's imprint of Globus Budapest at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 KRUNE 2 KPYHE Cs.es kir hadifogolytábor Nagymegyer Két korona mely összeg a hadifoglyok részéről a táborparancsnokságnál letétbe helyezett vagyonnak egy részét képezi CSAKIS A HADIFOGOLY-TÁBORBAN ÉRVÉNYES NAGYMEGYER, 1916.JÚLIUS 1 GAZDÁSZATI TISZT TÁBORPARANCSNOK A TABORI ERTEKJEGYEK UTANZASA KATONAI BUNTETOJOGILAG BUNTETTETIK GLOBUS BUDAPEST LETÉTKEZELŐ (Translation: 2 crown. Imperial and Royal prisoner of war camp Nagymegyer. Two korona which amount forms part of the assets deposited by the prisoners of war with the camp command. Valid only in the prisoner of war camp. Nagymegyer, 1916 July 1. Economic Officer / Camp Commander / Deposit Manager. Forgery of camp notes is punished by military criminal law.) |
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Nagymegyer — now Čalovo in southwestern Slovakia — held Russian prisoners taken on the Eastern Front. The K.u.K. military operated dozens of such camp scrip systems from roughly 1915 onward, partly to prevent real currency from circulating outside the wire, and partly to stop guards being paid in camp money and vice versa. Each camp's Lagergeld was theoretically redeemable on release or transfer, though in practice redemption was inconsistent.
Globus was a well-established Budapest commercial printer, not a security printing house, and the workmanship on camp issues reflects that — functional typography, modest execution. The 2 Korona denomination appears in both German and Hungarian on this note, reflecting the dual administrative language of the Austro-Hungarian military.