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2 Kronen/2 Krona Kenyérmező; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Kenyérmező (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Kenyérmező) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | K.u.K. KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER KENYÉRMEZŐ ZWEI KRONE AUS DEN DEPOSITEN DER KRIEGSGEFANGENEN KENYÉRMEZŐTÁBOR, AM 15 TEN JANUAR 1916 DEPOSITENVERWALTER PRÄSES DER VERWALTUNGS - UND KASSAKOMMISSION LIQUIDIERENDER RECHNUNGSFÜHRER DARF NUR DURCH DIE SPEZIELL HIEZU ERMÄCHTIGTEN ANGENOMMEN UND EINGELÖST WERDEN. DIE NACHAHMUNG DER LAGERSCHEINE WIRD MILITÄRSTRAFRECHTLICH VERFOLGT. NUR IM LAGERVERKEHRE GÜLTIG. (Translation: Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Kenyérmező. Two krone. From the deposits of the prisoners of war. Kenyérmező Camp, on January 15, 1916. Deposit administrator. President of the administrative and cash committee. Liquidating accountant. May only be accepted and redeemed by those specifically authorized. Counterfeiting of the camp notes will be prosecuted under military law. Valid only for camp transactions.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red and black on a green underprint, the reverse mirrors the obverse layout but carries the full Hungarian-language text, with the Hungarian coat of arms placed at the lower right. The denomination KÉT KORONA and the camp designation CS. ÉS K. HADIFOGOLYTÁBOR KENYÉRMEZŐ are set out in parallel to the German obverse, accompanied by three corresponding signature lines. Hungarian-language cautionary warnings against counterfeiting and restrictions limiting the note's validity to camp use only complete the text. |
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Kenyérmező was an Austro-Hungarian prisoner of war camp in western Hungary, and like dozens of similar installations during the First World War, it issued its own internal scrip to prevent hard currency from circulating among prisoners or leaving the camp economy entirely. These Lagergeld notes were not redeemable outside the wire, which was precisely the point.
Campbell 1390 is among the scarcer camp issues — Kenyérmező produced a limited denominational range, and 1916 scrip from smaller Hungarian installations survived in far lower numbers than the better-documented camps at Sigmundsherberg or Mauthausen. Most was discarded or destroyed at repatriation.