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5 Pfennig Strasbourg; Rumänen-Bataillon A.A.B.
| Issuer | Rumänen-Bataillon A.A.B. (Romanian Battalion, Strasbourg) |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green paper enclosed within a thin single-rule rectangular border frame. The central field carries three lines of bold letterpress text stating the denomination and issuing unit. A partially legible circular violet handstamp is applied over the central text as a validation or control mark. |
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| Reverse description | Plain light green paper, unprinted, with two rectangular yellowish adhesive remnants visible in the upper corners. A partially legible circular violet handstamp, mirroring the validation mark on the obverse, is applied in the lower left area. |
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During the First World War, German military authorities issued small-denomination scrip through individual battalion and garrison units to manage internal camp economies — preventing soldiers from spending outside approved channels and reducing pressure on coinage that had largely vanished from circulation by 1915. This note from the Romanian Battalion stationed at Strasbourg fits that administrative pattern precisely. The "A.A.B." designation likely indicates an Arbeits- or Aushilfs-Bataillon formation, units typically composed of foreign nationals or POW-adjacent labor troops under German oversight.
Strasbourg-issued military scrip is sparsely documented. Few examples from Romanian-designated units survive.