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50 Kopecks Batareynaya; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Wohlfahrts Organisation Baterenaja (Siberia) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | First Soviet Rouble (1917-1922) |
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| Obverse description | Crude letterpress impression in black on plain paper stock, contained within a simple rectangular border. The denomination numeral '50' is set at the top centre, accompanied by a manuscript serial number to the right; the body carries a full German-language text in bold script type identifying the issuing welfare organisation and place of issue. Three handwritten signatures appear at the foot, two in black ink and one in red ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Gutschein über fünfzig Kopcken Wohlfahrts Organisation Baterenaja (Sibirien) 1919 (Translation: Voucher for fifty kopecks. Welfare organization Batareynaya (Siberia).) |
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Prisoner of war camp scrip from Siberia in 1919 occupies a genuinely obscure corner of notaphily, and this Wohlfahrts Organisation Baterenaja piece is a prime example of why. The welfare organizations administering PoW camps across Siberia during the Russian Civil War — holding men captured years earlier on the Eastern Front, now stranded by the collapse of both the German war effort and any coherent repatriation infrastructure — issued their own internal currencies to manage canteen transactions and reduce theft of hard currency from an already chaotic monetary environment.
Campbell 6855 is among the lesser-documented issues in this category. Surviving examples are rare simply because camp scrip was designed for short-term internal use and had no redemption value once the facility closed or repatriation finally occurred.