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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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| Printer | Globus, Budapest |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a green underprint, the obverse carries the Austro-Hungarian Empire coat of arms as a central vignette at the top, with all text in German. The denomination and camp designation are set in bold letterpress typography, with the validity clause and authorising officer titles arranged in successive lines below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 KRUNE 2 KPYHE K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Nagymegyer Zwei kronen welcher Betrag einen Teil des beim Lagerkommando erliegenden Gutha-bens der Kriegsgefangenen bildet. GÜLTIG NUR INNERHALB DES KRIEDSGEFANGENENLAGERS NAGYMEGYER, 1. JULI 1916. PROVIANTOFFIZIER LAGERKOMMANDANT DEPOSITENVERWALTER DIE NACHAHMUNG DER LAGERSCHEINE WIRD MILITARSTRAFRECHTLICH VERFOLGT (Translation: 2 crown. Imperial and Royal prisoner of war camp Nagymegyer. Two krone 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.