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50 Centimes 11th Royal Fusiliers
| Issuer | 11th Royal Fusiliers |
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| Year | 1915-1916 |
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| Composition | Paper (green) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green paper with black letterpress text. A serial number appears at top centre, followed by the regimental title in bold capitals, denomination in mixed italic and bold type, and a manuscript signature at lower centre with the title "Major." at lower right. The note has perforated edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | 11th ROYAL FUSILIERS Voucher for 50 CENTIMES Major. |
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British Army unit tokens — printed scrip issued by individual regiments to manage small transactions within a battalion's canteen economy — are among the more obscure surviving artifacts of the Western Front. This 50 centimes piece from the 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) functioned as internal currency, denominated in Belgian/French centimes because the unit was operating in those territories and the men needed change for local goods that official Army pay did not efficiently handle.
The 11th Fusiliers were a Kitchener's Army "Pals" battalion, raised in 1914 and deployed to France in 1915. Regimental scrip of this type was never officially sanctioned at the War Office level — individual commanding officers authorized it, which is why surviving examples differ so dramatically in format between units.