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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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| Reverse description | Black letterpress on a brown underprint with an all-over geometric guilloche pattern background. The Imperial Austro-Hungarian coat of arms is printed in small format at upper centre, flanked by the denomination '50 HELLER' in the four corners. Two ornate cartouches in the centre field carry the redemption conditions text and the legal disclaimer respectively, both in Gothic blackletter script. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 HELLER Der Betrag für diesen Gutschein wird bei Entlassung des Kriegsgefangenen in bar ausgezahlt, bei Überstellung in ein anderes Lager dahin überwiesen. Kein öffentliches Zahlungs-mittel. (Translation: The amount for this voucher will be paid out in cash upon the release of the prisoner of war, or transferred if they are transferred to another camp. No public means of payment.) |
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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.