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2 Mark Bautzen; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Bautzen |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 Kriegsgefangenen-Lager GUT FÜR ZWEI 2 MARK Bautzen i. Sa. Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel. (Translation: Prisoner of war camp. Good for two mark. Bautzen in Saxony. No public means of payment.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 MARK Der Betrag für diesen Gutschein wird bei Entlassung des Gefangenen in bar ausgezahlt, bei Überweisung in ein anderes Lager dahin überwiesen. (Translation: The amount for this voucher will be paid out in cash upon the release of the prisoner, or transferred upon transfer to another camp.) |
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Prisoner-of-war camp scrip from Bautzen occupies a specific and well-documented corner of First World War notgeld collecting. The Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Bautzen held primarily Russian and later French and British prisoners, and camp-issued currency was a German military administration requirement — prisoners were paid for labor in scrip redeemable only within the camp economy, deliberately preventing contact with German civilian currency.
Alexander Lode was a local Bautzen printer, which confirms this was produced entirely in-house by the camp authority rather than through a centralized military printing contract. That local production accounts for the variation in print quality seen across the series.