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5 Mark Münster; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Gefangenen-Lager I Münster i. W. (Prisoner of War Camp I, Münster in Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Yellow paper with black letterpress text and a red-orange underprint throughout. A central guilloche vignette surrounds the numeral '5' in red, flanked by the large black denomination text 'FÜNF MARK'; the camp name 'Gefangenen-Lager I' appears at the top, with 'GUT FÜR' in red above the main legend. A circular handstamp of the camp's Bank-Abteilung (banking department) is applied at lower left, alongside a small German Imperial eagle at lower right, with the disclaimer 'Kein öffentliches Zahlungsmittel' in black below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Yellow paper with black letterpress text and a red-orange underprint. Four German Imperial eagles are arranged symmetrically around a central guilloche, with the denomination '5 MARK' printed in bold black at the top. The reverse carries a multi-line text block explaining the conditions of redemption upon the prisoner's release or transfer. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 MARK Der Betrag für diesen Gutschein wird bei Entlassung des Gefangenen in bar ausgezahlt, bei Überweisung in ein anderes Lager dahin überwiesen. (Translation: The amount for this voucher will be paid out in cash upon the prisoner's release, or transferred there if the prisoner is moved to another camp.) |
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