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2 Kronen Brunn am Gebirge; Civilian Islands
| Issuer | K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge (Imperial and Royal Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse lettering | KRONEN 2 КОРОНЫ K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge. GUTSCHEIN FÜR ZWEI KRONEN Nur gültig im Innenverkehr des Kriegs-gefangenen-Gewerbelagers in Brunn a. G. Dieser Betrag ist ein Anteilschein des bei der Depositenverwaltung deponierten Guthabens der Kriegsgefangenen. Puskás, k, u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier. Popletsan, k. u. k. Oberst, Lagerkommandant. (Translation: 2 kronen. I. & R. Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge. Voucher for two kronen. Only valid for internal transactions of the prisoner of war camp warehouse in Brunn am Gebirge. This amount is a share certificate of the credit deposited with the deposit administration of the prisoners of war. Puskás, I. & R. Lieutenant, Administrative Officer. Popletsan, I. & R. Colonel, Camp Commander.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries no independent printed design; the thin fibrous cream paper stock allows the orange letterpress impression of the obverse to show through in mirror image. A simple orange single-line border frames the otherwise blank field. |
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Brunn am Gebirge, a small industrial town south of Vienna, hosted one of the Austro-Hungarian military's Gewerbelager — essentially a captive-labor manufacturing depot where civilian internees produced goods for the war economy. The scrip issued there circulated only within the camp itself, functioning as a closed-currency system that prevented internees from accumulating Austrian crowns redeemable outside the wire.
The "Civilian Islands" classification in Campbell reflects the broader internment geography of the Habsburg war state, which confined suspect populations — Serbs, Ruthenes, Italians — in dozens of such installations from 1914 onward. Two signatories, Puskás and Popletsan, almost certainly represent camp administration rather than any banking authority.