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50 Lire Avezzano - n.91
| Issuer | Campo Concentramento P.G. 91, Avezzano |
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| Year | 1939-1945 |
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| Reference(s) | Camb#6159 |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMPO CONCENTRAMENTO P. G. 91 P. M. 3300 Buono per L. 50 Il Comandante del Campo Ten. Col. Pietro Tirone Vale solo per lo spaccio. |
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| Signature(s) | Ten. Col. Pietro Tirone |
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Campo di Concentramento P.G. 91 at Avezzano was one of the Italian prisoner-of-war camps operating under the Royal Italian Army during the Second World War. The "P.G." designation — Prigionieri di Guerra — distinguishes these Italian-administered camps from the German-run system. Internal camp currency of this kind was issued to prevent POWs from accumulating lire redeemable outside the wire, a practice mandated across the Italian camp network rather than at individual commandants' discretion.
Tirone's signature as issuing officer is the primary attribution anchor for this note — camp scrip of this period rarely survives in quantity, and signed examples with clear camp numbers are the only reliable way to assign provenance within the broader series.