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5 Lire Caserna Genova Cavalleria - n. 50
| Issuer | Italian Prisoner of War Camp Administration |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| Currency | Lira (1861-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Plain orange paper with black letterpress text throughout. The heading 'PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA' appears at top, followed by the fiduciary voucher text in the centre field. A serial number and denomination 'Lire Cinque' are printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain orange unprinted paper bearing a circular camp handstamp applied in brown-orange ink, positioned slightly off-centre; the stamp includes a cross motif and camp authority inscription around the circumference. |
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Italian military prisoner-of-war camp scrip occupies a genuinely odd corner of notaphily — issued not by a banking authority but by individual camp administrations to control internal purchasing and prevent real currency from circulating among captives. The "Caserna Genova Cavalleria" designation identifies the specific barracks unit responsible for this issue, a cavalry garrison converted to POW administration use during the war years.
The "n. 50" suffix likely denotes a series or print batch number rather than a denomination modifier — the 5 Lire face value being fixed. Orange paper was a deliberate choice across many camp issues to distinguish scrip from official Banca d'Italia notes at a glance.