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20 Pfennigs Strasburg; Rumanenkommando XI
| Issuer | Rumänenkommando XI (Romanian Command XI), Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#3401 |
| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on blue paper, the obverse carries large bold Gothic typeface text stating the denomination and issuing authority within a dotted rectangular border. A circular handstamp in blue ink, bearing an imperial eagle vignette and the legend of a guard company, is applied to the left-centre field. The printer's imprint appears in small type along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, printed on the same plain blue paper stock with no text, imagery, or ornamentation, consistent with the utilitarian nature of this WWI-era prisoner-of-war camp voucher. |
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Rumänenkommando XI was a German military administrative unit responsible for overseeing Romanian prisoners of war held in the Strasbourg area during the First World War. These small-denomination camp notes were issued as internal scrip — prisoners could not use Reichsmark currency, so purpose-printed vouchers like this one substituted for it within the camp economy, redeemable only at designated canteens or stores under military supervision.
Gebr. Saupe was a local Strasbourg printer with no particular specialization in security printing, which shows. The practical simplicity of the production reflects the purely functional nature of the issue — no serial numbering system that would reliably prevent duplication, minimal anti-counterfeiting design.