Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Mark Eschwege; P.O.W. Camp
| Issuer | Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers Eschwege |
|---|---|
| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress on paper with a violet underprint; the denomination "Fünf Mark" appears in large diagonal script across the centre, flanked by wavy guilloche borders. The numeral "5" is printed at lower left, with a circular violet official handstamp of the camp commandant's office applied to the left field. Text inscriptions in Gothic type run along the top and lower register, and the note bears a handstamped validation mark in violet ink across the central vignette. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel. 5 Fünf Mark Gültig nur innerhalb des Lagers, sonst ohne jeden Wert. Eschwege, den 20. November 1917. Kommandantur des Offizier-Gefangenenlagers. Gesetzlich geschützt. (Translation: Not legal tender. 5 Mark. Valid only within the camp, otherwise worthless. Eschwege, November 20, 1917. Commandant's Office of the Officers' Prisoner-of-War Camp. Legally protected.) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Circular violet official handstamp of the camp commandant's office applied to the obverse as a validation mark. |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |