Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Pfennigs Karlsruhe; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager des XIV. Armeekorps Karlsruhe |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress on a pale cream ground with a central yellow guilloche underprint panel of repeating rosette motifs. The denomination numeral '5' and the word 'Pfennig' are printed in bold black type at the centre of the underprint panel. The issuing authority inscription appears in black at the upper left, while a cancellation overprint reading 'Entwertet' is applied in grey Gothic script at the upper right. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Inspektion der Kriegsgefangenenlager des XIV. Armeekorps Karlsruhe I. B. 5 Pfennig Entwertet (Translation: Inspection of the prisoner of war camps of the XIV Army Corps Karlsruhe I. B. / Cancelled) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The XIV. Armeekorps oversaw prisoner-of-war camps across the Baden region, and this Lagergeld was issued specifically to restrict the economic movement of inmates — prisoners could spend it only within camp canteens, preventing the accumulation of Reichsmark currency that might fund an escape. The system was legally grounded in the 1907 Hague Convention provisions governing prisoner treatment, which Germany formally observed, at least administratively, during the early war years.
Local printing in Karlsruhe kept production under military control. Survival rates for these small-denomination camp issues are unpredictable — some were destroyed on repatriation, others pocketed as curiosities by guards or released prisoners.