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5 Pfennig - Hammelburg Kant. Verw. II B. 16

Issuer Prisoner of War Camp Hammelburg, Cantonal Administration II
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Value 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05)
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Obverse description Octagonal zinc token with a plain, unadorned field. The large numeral '5' occupies the central field in raised relief. A circular dotted border frames the design, with the legend 'KANT. VERW. II. B.16' arcing across the upper portion and 'LAGER HAMMELBURG' arcing along the lower portion, each flanked by a six-pointed star serving as a stop. The overall execution is utilitarian, consistent with emergency camp currency production.
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Obverse lettering KANT. VERW. II. B.16 5 ★ LAGER HAMMELBURG ★
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Hammelburg's Oflag XIII-B held captured Allied officers through much of World War II, and the cantonal camp scrip system — dividing the compound into administrative sub-units — was a deliberate German policy to limit the economic reach of any single token issue. "Kantonal-Verwaltung II" designates one such subdivision. Zinc was the only practical choice by the mid-war years, as wartime metal allocation had stripped civilian and auxiliary production of anything more durable.

The "B. 16" suffix likely references a specific issue batch, a detail that separates this piece from otherwise near-identical Hammelburg types in the Menzel census.

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