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20 Heller Brunn am Gebirge; Civilian Islands
| Issuer | K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge (I. & R. Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#1517 |
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| Obverse lettering | HELLER 20 ГЕЛЛЕРОВЪ K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge. GUTSCHEIN FÜR ZWANZIG HELLER Nur gültig im Innenverkehr des Kriegs-gefangenen-Gewerbelagers in Brunn a. G. Dieser Betrag ist ein Anteilschein des bei der Depositenverwaltung deponierten Guthabens der Kriegsgefangenen. Puskás, k. u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier. Popletsan, k. u. k. Oberst, Lagerkommandant. (Translation: 20 heller. I. & R. Camp Warehouse Brunn am Gebirge. Voucher for twenty heller. Only valid for internal transactions of the prisoner of war camp warehouse in Brunn am Gebirge. This amount is a share certificate of the credit deposited with the deposit administration of the prisoners of war. Puskás, I. & R. Lieutenant, Administrative Officer. Popletsan, I. & R. Colonel, Camp Commander.) |
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| Signature(s) | Puskás (k. u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier) and Popletsan (k. u. k. Oberst, Lagerkommandant) |
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Brunn am Gebirge, south of Vienna, housed one of the Austro-Hungarian military's internment camp complexes during the First World War. The camp warehouse — the Gewerbelager — issued its own small-denomination scrip precisely because the regular imperial currency was in short supply and camp authorities needed a controlled medium for internal transactions. These Heller notes are camp money in the strictest sense: valid only within the wire.
The two signatories tell you the chain of command clearly. Oberst Popletsan as Lagerkommandant had overall authority; Oberleutnant Puskás as Verwaltungsoffizier handled the administrative machinery that would have included issuing and accounting for the scrip.