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50 Centesimi Caserna Genova Cavalleria - n. 50
| Issuer | Caserna Genova Cavalleria (Italian POW Camp) |
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| Year | 1939-1943 |
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| Value | 50 Centesimi (0.50 ITL) |
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| Obverse lettering | PRIGIONIERI DI GUERRA Buono fiduciario da L. 0.50 va- levole soltanto nell'interno del campo di concentramento Centesimi Cinquanta (Translation: Prisoner of war. Trust voucher of L. 0.50 valid only inside the concentration camp. Fifty centesimi.) |
| Reverse description | Blank yellow paper reverse bearing a single partially legible circular handstamp applied in blue-grey ink, positioned left of centre, with no other printed design elements. |
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Caserna Genova Cavalleria was an Italian cavalry barracks in Trieste converted during the Second World War for use as a prisoner-of-war holding facility. This fractional scrip — issued internally for canteen or controlled exchange use — circulated exclusively within those walls, redeemable nowhere outside the camp economy. The serial number printed in the note's designation was an administrative control measure, not a denomination sequence in any conventional banking sense.
Campbell 5982 is among the harder Italian military internment issues to document with precision, as institutional records from many such facilities were lost or destroyed after 1943 when the Italian armistice collapsed the camp system.