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25 Cents Camp Patrick Henry; PoW Camp
| Issuer | United States Army - Camp Patrick Henry Prisoner of War Camp |
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| Year | 1942-1946 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on buff paper. Left panel carries the inscriptions within a bordered frame, with CANTEEN set in a decorative cartouche. Right panel enclosed in a ruled box displays the denomination in large numerals. Red serial number printed below the camp name. |
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| Obverse lettering | PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CANTEEN CAMP PATRICK HENRY, VA. NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 25 CENTS |
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Camp Patrick Henry, located near Newport News, Virginia, was primarily a staging area for troops shipping out to Europe — but it also held Axis prisoners of war, and this 25-cent canteen chit is a product of that dual function. The Army issued scrip denominations like this at PoW camps under the Geneva Convention's requirement that prisoners receive pay for labor, in a form that could not be spent outside the wire.
Canteen currency from Camp Patrick Henry surfaces rarely. The camp was decommissioned quickly after 1945, and most scrip was destroyed or discarded during demobilization rather than formally redeemed.