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5 Pfennig Frankfurt am Main; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager im Bereich des XVIII. Armee-Korps |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager im Bereich des XVIII. Armee-Korps FÜNF PFENNIG 5 Pfg. Der Inspekteur Der Adjutant FRANKFURT a/M. den 1. Juni 1917. Dieses Kriegsgefangenengeld gilt nur als Zahlungsmittel in den Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftslagern im XVIII. Armeekorps und bei den für Arbeitskommandos bezeichneten Verkaufsstellen. Einlösung erfolgt nur durch eines der Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftslager im Bereich des XVIII. Armeekorps. Scheine, bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, werden nicht eingelöst. |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse with a faint rectangular border frame; no printed design or text, consistent with standard prisoner-of-war camp scrip production of the period. |
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The XVIII. Armee-Korps oversaw prisoner-of-war facilities across the Frankfurt region, and these small-denomination camp notes were issued specifically to allow POWs to make canteen purchases without handling Reichsmark currency — a deliberate policy of monetary segregation enforced across German camps from roughly 1916 onward. The notes had no value outside the wire.
Paper issues at this denomination were prone to rapid deterioration through heavy handling in confined conditions. Survivors in any respectable state are considerably less common than the higher denominations from the same inspectorate.