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2 Mark Frankfurt an der Oder; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager im Bereich des III. Armeekorps |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Black text on a cream oval centrepiece set within a broad ornamental orange-printed border of interlaced foliate scrollwork in letterpress. The oval contains the full redemption conditions in seven numbered and unnumbered paragraphs in German Gothic script, listing the six camp commandant locations within the III Army Corps inspection area. The printer's imprint 'Ambrosius & Co. G.m.b.H. Kirchhain N.L.' appears below the oval at the foot of the note, and a green overprint stamp reading 'FRANKFURT ODER' is applied diagonally across the central oval. |
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| Signature(s) | Waldhausen (Der Inspekteur) and unknown (Der Adjutant) |
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Prisoner-of-war camp money issued under the III. Armeekorps inspectorate was a deliberately closed currency — it could only be spent within the camp canteen system and could not be exchanged for Reich marks, which was the whole point. Denying prisoners access to hard currency reduced escape incentives and prevented locals from being bribed.
Ambrosius & Co. in Kirchhain were a small regional printer who handled several of these Lagergeldseries contracts. The countersigning adjutant's name was not recorded in surviving documentation — a gap that appears consistently across this inspectorate's issues, not just this denomination.