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3 Pfennigs Karlsruhe; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager des XIV. Armeekorps Karlsruhe |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a cream ground with a central vertical band of pink guilloche lattice underprint composed of repeating ornamental square motifs. The denomination numeral '3' is printed in large black type over the guilloche band, with 'Pfennig' below it. The issuing authority inscription appears in black letterpress at the upper left, and the cancellation overprint 'Entwertet' is applied in black Gothic script at the upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager des XIV. Armeekorps Karlsruhe I. B. 3 Pfennig Entwertet (Translation: Inspection of the prisoner of war camps of the XIV Army Corps Karlsruhe I. B. / 3 Pfennig / Cancelled) |
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The XIV. Armeekorps oversaw prisoner-of-war camps across its Baden district command, and this Lagergeld was issued specifically to prevent currency from leaking out of camp economies into civilian circulation — a persistent concern for German military administrators from 1914 onward. Prisoners could earn small wages for approved labor and spend them only within the camp canteen system, making outside hoarding or escape-fund accumulation harder to conceal.
Local production in Karlsruhe kept costs low and supply responsive. These fractional Pfennig pieces are among the least-collected of the German PoW issues precisely because their face value made them disposable — few prisoners or guards thought them worth keeping.