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50 Mark Helmstedt; PoW Camp
| Uitgever | Offizier-Gefangenen-Lager Helmstedt |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914-1918 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Typeset voucher printed in black on light yellow paper, enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border with ornamental corner pieces and a continuous dotted-diamond pattern along the outer frame. The denomination numeral '50' appears in each of the four corners, with the word 'Gutschein' at the top centre followed by 'über' in a smaller register, and the value 'Fünfzig Mark' in large bold letterpress text across the middle panel. The issuing authority 'Offizier-Gefangenen-Lager Helmstedt' is set in two lines at the lower centre. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain light yellow paper stock with no text, vignette, or other design elements. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Helmstedt was one of several German officer prisoner-of-war camps that issued its own internal scrip during the First World War, a practical necessity when regular Reichsmark currency was withdrawn from camp circulation to prevent escape funding and black market leakage to the outside. Officer camps operated under different conditions than enlisted camps — the Hague Conventions entitled officer prisoners to pay, which the detaining power was obligated to provide, and camp scrip became the controlled mechanism for doing so.
The Campbell reference places this squarely in the broader category of German PoW Lagergeld, but Helmstedt issues are among the less frequently encountered in the collector market. Whether that reflects low original print runs or high attrition after repatriation in 1918 is not easily established.