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| 表面の説明 | Black letterpress print on blue cloth. The denomination '20' appears in large numerals at the lower left, with the value 'Zwanzig Mark' rendered in large Gothic script diagonally across the centre, flanked by wavy guilloche lines. A serial number block with series letter is positioned in the upper centre, above which the disclaimer 'Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel' runs along the top margin; camp restriction text, place, date, and issuing authority inscriptions occupy the right field. Two diagonal red overprint lines form an X across the entire face, and the note bears the legend 'Gesetzlich geschützt.' at the lower left. |
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| 表面の銘文 | Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel. 20 Zwanzig Mark Gültig nur innerhalb des Lagers, sonst ohne jeden Wert. Karlsruhe i. B., 1. Oktober 1915. Inspektion der Kriegs-Gefangenenlager des 14. Armeekorps -:- Abrechnungsstelle Gesetzlich geschützt. (Translation: Not a public means of payment. Twenty Mark. Valid only within the camp, otherwise without any value. Karlsruhe in Baden, October 1, 1915. Inspection of the Prisoner-of-War Camps of the 14th Army Corps. Settlement Office. Legally protected.) |
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The Inspektion der Kriegs-Gefangenenlager des 14. Armeekorps administered camps in the Baden region, and this scrip was issued specifically to prevent prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark currency — a real concern for the German military, which feared that hard money in prisoner hands could fund escapes or bribery of guards. Camp money kept transactions internal and traceable.
The blue cloth construction is unusual even within the already heterogeneous world of German PoW camp issues. Paper shortages in 1915 drove some camps toward improvised substrates, and cloth provided a degree of durability that crude wartime paper could not. The 20 Mark denomination is notably high for camp scrip of this period.