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5 Pfennigs Crossen an der Oder; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager im Bereich des III. Armeekorps |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager im Bereich des III. Armeekorps. 5 Pfennig DER INSPEKTEUR. Waldhausen BERLIN DEN 1. OKT. 1917. Zahlungsmittel für Kriegsgefangene. DER ADJUTANT. Scheine mit ganz oder teilweise fehlender Nummer können nicht eingelöst werden. (Translation: Inspection of the prisoner of war camps in the area of the III Army Corps. The Inspector, the Adjutant. Berlin, 1 October 1917. Cash for prisoners of war. Notes with a wholly or partially missing number cannot be redeemed.) |
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| Reverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein gilt im Bereich des III. Armeekorps als Zahlungsmittel für Kriegsgefangene und wird bei Vorlage gegen kursfähiges Geld eingelöst: 1. bei dem nächsten Arbeitgeber, der Kriegsgefangene aus dem Inspektionsbereich beschäftigt, 2. bei der aufgedruckten Lagerkommandantur, 3. bei allen anderen Lagerkommandanturen des Inspektionsbereichs. Solche befinden sich in Brandenburg a.H., Cottbus, Crossen a.O., Frankfurt a.O., Guben, Havelberg. Briefadresse: Bankabteilung der Lagerkommandantur. Ambrosius & Co. G.m.b.H., Kirchhain N.L. (Translation: This voucher serves as a means of payment for prisoners of war within the area of the III Army Corps and will be redeemed against current currency upon presentation: 1. at the nearest employer employing prisoners of war from the inspection area, 2. at the camp commandant's office printed on the voucher, 3. at all other camp commandant's offices within the inspection area. These are located in Brandenburg an der Havel, Cottbus, Crossen an der Oder, Frankfurt an der Oder, Guben, and Havelberg. Mailing address: Bank Department of the Camp Commandant's Office.) |
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Crossen an der Oder — now Krosno Odrzańskie in western Poland — hosted one of the prisoner-of-war camp complexes administered under the III. Army Corps inspection authority during the First World War. Camp scrip of this type was introduced to segregate PoW purchasing power from the civilian economy, a policy enforced across German camps by 1916 after concerns about prisoners acquiring regular Reichsmark currency. The 5 Pfennig denomination is the smallest in the series, intended for canteen use.
Ambrosius & Co. GmbH in Kirchhain, Neumark handled a number of these regional camp issues. The Waldhausen signature — identified as Der Inspekteur — has been confirmed across other III. Armeekorps scrip; his adjutant countersigned but remains unidentified in the philatelic record.