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5 Kronen/5 Korona Nagymegyer; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Nagymegyer (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Nagymegyer) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 5 Crowns (5 Kronen) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on a red underprint, the reverse mirrors the obverse layout but carries all text in Hungarian. The Austro-Hungarian Empire coat of arms appears as a vignette at the top centre, with the denomination, camp name, validity clause, and official roles set in bold letterpress type below, concluding with the printer's imprint of Globus Budapest. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 KRUNA 5 KPYHA Cs.es kir hadifogolytábor Nagymegyer Öt korona mely összeg a hadifoglyok részéről a táborparancsnokságnál letétbe helyezett vagyonnak egy részét képezi CSAKIS A HADIFOGOLY-TÁBORBAN ÉRVÉNYES NAGYMEGYER, 1916.JÚLIUS 1 GAZDÁSZATI TISZT TÁBORPARANCSNOK A TABORI ERTEKJEGYEK UTANZASA KATONAI BUNTETOJOGILAG BUNTETTETIK GLOBUS BUDAPEST LETÉTKEZELŐ (Translation: 5 crown. Imperial and Royal prisoner of war camp Nagymegyer. Five korona which amount forms part of the assets deposited by the prisoners of war with the camp command. Valid only in the prisoner of war camp. Nagymegyer, 1916 July 1. Economic Officer / Camp Commander / Deposit Manager. Forgery of camp notes is punished by military criminal law.) |
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Nagymegyer — now Hurbanovo, Slovakia — was the site of an Austro-Hungarian POW camp that, like dozens of others administered under the K.u.K. system during the First World War, issued its own internal currency to prevent prisoners from accumulating standard coinage that might fund escape attempts or circulate outside the wire. These Lagergeld issues were a practical military-administrative solution, not a monetary experiment.
The Globus printing house in Budapest produced a number of these camp notes for the K.u.K. establishment. Nagymegyer held predominantly Russian and Italian prisoners at various points, and the scrip would have been used against canteen purchases only — worthless the moment a prisoner left the camp by any means.