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20 Heller Aschach a. d. Donau POW
| Issuer | K. u. K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Aschach an der Donau (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp) |
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| Year | 1916-1918 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | K. u. k. Kriegsgefangenenlager in Aschach a. D. Zwanzig Heller Lagergeld Verwaltungsoffizier Lagerkommandant |
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| Reverse lettering | (Translation: K. and prisoner of war camp in Aschach a. D Twenty Heller Camp money Administrative Officer Camp Commander) |
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Aschach an der Donau was one of the larger Austro-Hungarian internment camps, housing primarily Russian and Italian prisoners during the middle and later years of the war. Like most K. u. K. camp currencies, this Lagergeld was issued to contain the prisoner economy — preventing direct access to Austrian civil coinage that could theoretically fund escape attempts or black-market transactions outside the wire.
Haas & Comp. in Steyr produced several camp note series for Upper Austrian facilities, which gives this issue a regional coherence unusual among the scattered procurement arrangements typical of wartime camp administration. Survival rates are uneven across the Heller denominations; the 20 Heller circulated heavily enough that worn examples are the norm rather than the exception.