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20 Heller Sigmundsherberg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Offiziersabteilung Kriegsgefangenenlagers Sigmundsherberg |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#1450 |
| Obverse description | Typeset in blue on cream paper, the voucher presents the denomination numeral '20' in large bold type at each lateral margin with 'Heller' set below, flanking a central legend in ornate Gothic script reading 'Zahlmarke der Offiziersabteilung Kriegsgefangenenlagers Sigmundsherberg N.O.' A geometric underprint of radiating diagonal hatching fills the central field, and a plain rectangular frame borders the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Heller Zahlmarke der Offiziersabteilung Kriegsgefangenenlagers Sigmundsherberg N.O. (Translation: Payment token of the Officers' Department of the prisoner of war camp Sigmundsherberg Lower Austria.) |
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Sigmundsherberg, a large Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Austria, operated one of the more organized internal scrip systems of the First World War. The Offiziersabteilung — the officers' section — issued its own denominations separately from enlisted men's scrip, a deliberate administrative division that reflected the Geneva Convention distinctions in how officer prisoners were housed, fed, and compensated.
Campbell 1450 is among the lower denominations in the Sigmundsherberg officer series. Camp scrip of this type was rendered worthless at repatriation and most was discarded, which keeps surviving pieces genuinely scarce.