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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 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and black on a green underprint, the obverse carries German-language text throughout, with the Austrian coat of arms positioned at the lower right. The note bears the full official designation of the Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp at Kenyérmező, the denomination ZWEI KRONE, and three signature lines for the Deposit Administrator, the President of the Administrative and Cash Committee, and the Liquidating Accountant. Cautionary legends in German warn against counterfeiting under military law and restrict the note's validity to camp transactions only. |
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| Reverse lettering | Cs. és K. HADIFOGOLYTÁBOR KENYÉRMEZŐ KÉT KORONA A HADIFOGLYOK LETÉTPÉNZEIBŐL KENYÉRMEZŐTÁBOR, 1916. JANUÁR HÓ 15. LETÉTKEZELŐ A KEZELŐ ÉS PÉNZTÁRIBIZOTTSÁG ELNÖKE FŐSZÁMTISZT EZEN TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYET CSAKIS AZ ERRE FELHATALMAZOTTAK FOGADHATJÁK EL ÉS VÁLTHATJÁK BE. A TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA HADBIRÓSÁGILAG BÜNTETTETIK. CSAK A TÁBOR TERÜLETÉN ÉRVÉNYES (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.) |
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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.