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2 Mark Hann. Münden; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Hann. Münden |
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| Year | 1915-1916 |
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| Value | 2 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Blue-dyed woven linen canvas with dark blue letterpress text. A violet handstamp and a violet "Ungültig" cancellation overprint in cartouche form are applied to the face. Serial number printed in raster format at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kein öffenlitches Zahlungsmittel 2 ZWEI MARK Gültig nur innerhalb des Lagers. sonst ohne jeden Wert. Hann. Münden.1,Mai 1915 Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers (Translation: No public means of payment 2 TWO MARK Valid only within the warehouse,otherwise without any value. Hann. Münden May 1,1915 Command of the officers prison Camp.) |
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Hannoversch Münden housed captured Allied officers during the First World War, and the camp administration issued this linen token currency to prevent German Reich coinage from accumulating among prisoners — a practical concern shared by nearly all German officer camps of the period. The use of woven fabric rather than paper or cardboard is relatively uncommon in the German PoW series; most camp issues ran to simple printed pasteboard or Lagergeld on thin stock.
Officer camps operated under different Geneva Convention provisions than other-ranks facilities, which meant prisoners had purchasing privileges within the camp canteen — hence the need for a functioning internal currency at all.