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20 Kronen/20 Krona Kenyérmező; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Kenyérmező (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Kenyérmező) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#1393 |
| Obverse description | Printed in red and black with a green underprint, the obverse presents the German-language text of this Austro-Hungarian prisoner of war camp voucher, with the Austrian imperial coat of arms positioned at right. The text block is arranged in a formal letterpress style with designated blank lines for official signatures. The overall layout follows standard military administrative document design of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and black with a green underprint, the reverse presents the Hungarian-language equivalent text, with the Hungarian coat of arms positioned at right. The layout mirrors the obverse in its formal letterpress arrangement, with signature lines for designated camp officials. The bilingual format reflects the dual Austro-Hungarian administrative structure governing the camp. |
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Kenyérmező was one of several large Austro-Hungarian prisoner-of-war camps that issued their own internal currency to prevent inmates from accumulating standard Kronen — and, by extension, from bribing guards or funding escapes. These Lagergeld issues were administrative tools as much as monetary ones. The 1916 date places this squarely in the period of maximum camp overcrowding, when the Eastern Front had delivered hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners into Habsburg hands faster than the infrastructure could absorb them.
Campbell 1393 is among the higher denominations in the Kenyérmező series, which itself is one of the scarcer camp issues from the Austro-Hungarian system.