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25 Cent Amersfoort; Prins Willem III Kazerne
| Issuer | Cavalerie-Mess, Prins Willem III Kazerne, Amersfoort |
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| Year | 1950-1959 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Orange paper canteen voucher printed in black letterpress. The issuer's name and location appear in three lines at upper centre, with the denomination '25 CENT' in large bold type below. Printer's imprint runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cavalerie-Mess Prins Willem III Kazerne Amersfoort 25 CENT DRUKKERIJ B. KRAMER - AMERSFOORT (Translation: Cavalry Mess, Prince William III Barracks, Amersfoort. Printing house B. Kramer - Amersfoort.) |
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Military canteen tokens in paper form were a practical Dutch solution to the perennial problem of small change disappearing from mess facilities — soldiers pocketed coins, and the mess ran short. The Cavalerie-Mess at the Prins Willem III Kazerne in Amersfoort issued these scrip notes for internal use only, redeemable solely within the mess itself, keeping the float intact and the bar tab manageable.
Drukkerij B. Kramer was a local Amersfoort printer with no particular connection to official currency production, which shows. These were functional objects, not prestige items. The orange paper was likely a deliberate choice to distinguish the scrip from any official tender at a glance.