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5 Kronen/5 Krona Zalaegerszeg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Zalaegerszeg (Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Zalaegerszeg) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 5 Crowns (5 Kronen) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in black with red and yellow underprint; German-language text throughout. The vignette of the Austro-Hungarian Empire coat of arms is positioned at the bottom centre. The denomination numeral '5' appears at upper left, with the camp name and validity inscription arranged in horizontal registers across the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 GILTIG NUR INNERHALB DES KRIEGSGEFANGENEN LAGERS K.u.K.KRIEGSGEFANGENENLAGER ZALAEGERSZEG-TÁBOR Fünf Kronen DIESER BETRAG IST EIN ANTEIL DES BEIM LAGERKOMMANDO ERLIEGENDEN GUTHABENS DER KRIEGSGEFANGENEN ZALAEGERSZEG, 15. AUGUST 1916. пять КОРОНЬ DEPOSITEN VERWALTER LAGERKOMMANDANT RECHNUNGSFÜHRER INDIVISIBILITER AC INSEPARABILITER GLOBUS BUDAPEST. (Translation: Valid only in the prisoner of war camp. Imperial and Royal prisoner of war camp Zalaegerszeg-Tabor. Five crowns. This amount forms a part of the property deposited by the prisoners of war with the camp command. Deposit administrator. Camp commandant. Accountant. Indivisible and inseparable.) |
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Zalaegerszeg was one of several large Austro-Hungarian PoW camps that issued internal camp currency during the First World War to prevent prisoners from accumulating Kronen that could fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with guards. The Globus printing house in Budapest produced notes for multiple camp administrations during this period — the same firm was simultaneously handling civilian commercial printing work, which gave these issues a more finished appearance than the rough typeset scrip produced at smaller installations.
Denominations in the K.u.K. camp series were legal tender only within the wire — exchanged at the camp office upon release or transfer, in theory.