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2 Mark Friedrichsfeld am Niederrhein; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Gefangenenlager Friedrichsfeld (Prisoner of War Camp, Friedrichsfeld am Niederrhein) |
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| Year | 1915-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Orange and green two-colour letterpress voucher with an overall orange guilloche underprint covering the entire face. A large central green guilloche vignette of three interlocking rosettes frames a white cartouche bearing the denomination "ZWEI MARK" in bold green serif capitals. The numeral "2" appears in each corner, with the camp title "GEFANGENENLAGER" and the text "Gut für" at the top, and the disclaimer "Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel" above the issuing location "FRIEDRICHSFELD" at the foot, all in green. The note is bordered by a continuous green decorative frame of small scroll and star ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 GEFANGENENLAGER Gut für ZWEI MARK Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel FRIEDRICHSFELD (Translation: Prison camp. Good for two mark. Not a public currency.) |
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Friedrichsfeld, near Wesel on the Lower Rhine, held tens of thousands of Allied prisoners during the First World War — at its peak one of the larger German PoW camps in the western theatre. Camp scrip of this type circulated exclusively within the camp economy, functioning as a controlled substitute for Reichsmark currency that prisoners were forbidden to hold. The prohibition had a practical logic: it prevented escape funding and black-market dealings with local civilians.
Denominations varied across German camp systems with no standardization between facilities. Friedrichsfeld issued its own series independently.