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50 Heller Deutsch-Gabel; PoW Camp
| Issuer | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager-Kommando Deutsch-Gabel |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on a brown underprint with ornate scrollwork guilloche border and central vignette surround. The issuing authority title appears across the top in Gothic blackletter script, with the denomination numeral '50' in the upper corners and a central circular cartouche enclosing the figure '50' within the guilloche. A circular embossed validation stamp is applied at centre, and 'Serie C' is inscribed within a rectangular panel above the central cartouche. |
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| Obverse lettering | K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager-Kommando Serie C 50 Fünfzig Heller Deutsch-Gabel (Translation: Imperial and Royal Prisoner of War Camp Command. Series C. Fifty Heller. Deutsch-Gabel.) |
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Deutsch-Gabel — now Jablonné v Podještědí in northern Bohemia — hosted one of the Habsburg Empire's many prisoner-of-war camp systems during the First World War. The K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager-Kommando issued its own fractional scrip to control internal camp commerce, preventing Austrian currency from passing outside the wire. The 50 Heller denomination sits in the middle of a practical range designed for canteen transactions, not savings.
Campbell 1352 is one of hundreds of such camp issues, many poorly documented because the issuing authorities kept inconsistent records and most scrip was destroyed or simply discarded at war's end.