Catalog
2 Mark Celle-Schloss; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Offizier-Gefangenenlager Celle-Schloss |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Plain pink paper with a light, all-over floral/rosette underprint pattern. The camp name "Celle-Schloß" is printed diagonally in black script lettering along the upper left area, with no other text or vignette present. |
| Reverse lettering | Celle-Schloß. |
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| Comments |
Celle-Schloss was a dedicated officers' prisoner-of-war camp — Offizier-Gefangenenlager — meaning its internees were entitled under the Hague Conventions to pay and certain privileges, which is precisely why a functioning internal currency was administratively necessary rather than optional. Camp scrip prevented hoarding of Reich currency, controlled black-market exchange with guards, and kept canteen accounts auditable.
J. P. Himmer of Augsburg was a well-established commercial printer with a substantial military contract portfolio during the war years, supplying scrip to multiple camps. The pink paper stock was a deliberate denomination marker within the series.