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20 francs - Cantine des P. G. A.
| Issuer | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais, Groupe de Bruay |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Groupe de Bruay - Cantine des P. G. A. BON pour 20 francs valeur en marchandises à prendre à la Cantine du Camp L'Ingénieur en Chef des Services Administratifs et Commerciaux (Translation: Coal mines of the Nord Basin and Pas-de-Calais. Bruay Group, Axis prisoners of war canteen. Voucher for 20 francs, value in goods to be taken at the camp canteen. The chief engineer of the administrative and commercial services.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, presenting a plain beige paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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The Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais were nationalized coal-mining operations established by French law in May 1946, consolidating previously private collieries in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais basin under state control. The Groupe de Bruay was one of several administrative groups within that structure. These canteen tokens — "Cantine des P.G.A." referring to the prisoners of war and assimilated workers (prisonniers de guerre et assimilés) employed in the mines — circulated internally within company-run facilities and were never legal tender.
German POW labor in French coal mines continued well past the armistice, a largely overlooked postwar reality that these notes quietly document.