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25 Centimes Company 153
| Issuer | Compagnie P.G. 153 (Prisonniers de Guerre) |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain yellow-buff paper with black letterpress text throughout. The unit designation 'Compagnie P.G. 153' is printed across the top, below which the word 'BON' appears in large bold type. The numeral '25' is printed in a very large format at lower left, with the denomination abbreviation 'Cmes' to its right. A circular blue handstamp reading 'PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' is applied to the right side, countersigned in manuscript 'Le Ct la Cie', serving as the authorizing validation of the voucher. |
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| Reverse description | Plain yellow-buff paper, largely unprinted, with show-through of the obverse letterpress text and circular handstamp visible from the face. The word 'Annulé' (cancelled) is written in red script across the centre and underlined, indicating the voucher has been formally cancelled after use. |
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Compagnie P.G. 153 was one of the French prisoner-of-war camp internal currency schemes operated under German administration during the Second World War. These scrip notes circulated exclusively within a specific camp compound, enabling controlled canteen transactions while preventing prisoners from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. Each compagnie issued its own denominations, making the scrip worthless — by design — the moment a prisoner was transferred or repatriated.
Attribution is complicated. Camp numbers don't map cleanly onto surviving records, and "P.G. 153" remains difficult to tie to a specific Stalag or Oflag with certainty.