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3 Mark Halle P.O.W. Camp
| Issuer | Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Halle a. S. |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 3 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel. Ohne Kommandantur-Stempel ungültig. 3 Drei Mark Gültig nur innerhalb des Lagers, sonst ohne jeden Wert. Halle a. S., 1. Juni 1916. Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers. (Translation: Not legal tender. Invalid without the commandant's stamp. 3 Mark. Valid only within the camp, otherwise worthless. Halle a. S., June 1, 1916. Commandant's Office of the Officers' Prisoner-of-War Camp.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely plain, showing the unprinted yellow coated cloth surface with no text, vignette, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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One of the more unusual substrates in First World War prisoner-of-war camp money: a yellow plastic-coated cloth, almost certainly chosen for its durability under conditions where paper would quickly deteriorate through repeated handling in confined quarters. Camp scrip of this type was deliberately made non-negotiable outside the wire — the material itself was part of the control mechanism, instantly identifiable and impossible to pass in the surrounding civilian economy.
The Offizier-Gefangenenlager at Halle an der Saale held officer-grade prisoners, whose camp currency arrangements were generally more structured than those issued to enlisted camps. Campbell 3070.