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20 Heller Deutsch-Gabel; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager-Kommando Deutsch-Gabel |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed voucher in black Fraktur script on a pink guilloche underprint, with a decorative red foliate scrollwork border enclosing the entire design. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large red figures at left and right, flanking a central oval cartouche containing the numeral '20' in red; the written denomination 'Zwanzig Heller' is set across the middle in bold Fraktur, with the issuing authority 'K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager-Kommando' along the top and 'Deutsch-Gabel' at the foot. A series designation panel and handwritten serial number appear at upper centre, with a circular camp control stamp impressed at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 HELLER Der Betrag für diesen Gutschein wird bei Entlassung des Kriegsgefangenen in bar ausgezahlt, bei Überstellung in ein anderes Lager dahin überwiesen. Kein öffentliches Zahlungs-mittel. (Translation: The amount for this voucher will be paid out in cash upon the release of the prisoner of war, or transferred if they are transferred to another camp. No public means of payment.) |
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Deutsch-Gabel — now Jablonné v Podještědí in the Czech Republic — hosted one of the many Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camps that issued their own internal currency during the First World War. These camp Heller notes were a deliberate administrative tool: by restricting prisoners to a closed monetary system, the K.u.K. authorities prevented them from accumulating Austro-Hungarian crowns that could fund escape attempts or bribe guards.
Campbell's coverage of this series is thin, and surviving examples from Deutsch-Gabel are genuinely uncommon — the camp's relatively small capacity and the ephemeral nature of the paper itself account for that.