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20 Fillér POW Camp; Sopronnyék
| Issuer | Cs. és K. Hadifogoly-Tábor Sopronnyék (K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Sopronnyék) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Reverse description | Green and black letterpress reverse with a matching guilloche oval underprint at top centre bearing the numeral '20', below which series and serial number fields are printed. The camp name 'K.u.K. KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER SOPRONNYEK' appears in German with denomination 'ZWANZIG HELLER' in bold decorative lettering. The Austro-Hungarian arms at lower centre are flanked by two manuscript signatures, dated Sopronnyék, 16. Juni 1916. |
| Reverse lettering | GILTIG NUR INNERHALB DES KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGERS 20 SERIE No K.u.K. KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER SOPRONNYÉK ZWANZIG HELLER DIESER BETRAG IST EIN ANTEIL DES BEIM LAGERKOMMANDO ERLIEGENDEN GUTHABENS DER KRIEGSGEFANGENEN. SOPRONNYÉK, 16. JUNI 1916. LAGER-KOMMANDANT. KASSAKOMM. MITGLIED. INDIVISIBILITER AC INSEPARABILITER DIE NACHMACHUNG DER LAGERGELDER WIRD KRIEGSGESETZLICH BESTRAFT. GLOBUS BUDAPEST. |
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Sopronnyék (now Vinkovci, or more precisely — Sopronnyék was a village near Sopron in western Hungary, now Nikitsch in Austria) hosted one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's network of prisoner-of-war camp scrip issuers during the First World War. Camp currency of this type was a deliberate administrative tool: by restricting prisoners to internal scrip, the military command prevented coined money from funding escapes or sustaining black markets with local civilians. The Globus printing house in Budapest supplied a number of these camp issues, and the 20 Fillér denomination sits at the smaller end of the purchasing hierarchy used within the camps.