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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 |
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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. |
| Reverse lettering | Cs. és K. HADIFOGOLYTÁBOR KENYÉRMEZŐ HÚSZ KORONA A HADIFOGLYOK LETÉTPÉNZEIBŐL KENYÉRMEZŐTÁBOR, 1916. JANUÁR HÓ 15. LETÉTKEZELŐ A KEZELŐ ÉS PÉNZTÁRIBIZOTTSÁG ELNÖKE FŐSZÁMTISZT EZEN TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYET CSAKIS AZ ERRE FELHATALMAZOTTAK FOGADHATJÁK EL ÉS VÁLTHATJÁK BE. A TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA HADBIRÓSÁGILAG BÜNTETTETIK. CSAK A TÁBOR TERÜLETÉN ÉRVÉNYES (Translation: Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Kenyérmező. Twenty krone. From the deposits of the prisoners of war. Kenyérmező Camp, on January 15, 1916. Deposit administrator. President of the administrative and cash committee. Liquidating accountant. May only be accepted and redeemed by those specifically authorized. Counterfeiting of the camp notes will be prosecuted under military law. Valid only for camp transactions.) |
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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.