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50 Pfennig - Grafenwöhr Uebungsk. F. Fahnenjunker und Off. Asp.
| Issuer | Grafenwöhr Military Training Camp (Uebungskommando für Fahnenjunker und Offizier-Aspiranten) |
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| Reference(s) | Men05#9447.3, Men18#11822.3 |
| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a star-shaped central hole pierced through the field. A continuous pearl border frames the outer edge, and an inner pearl circle encloses the large bold numeral '50' centered in the field. The circumferential legend reading 'UEBUNGSK. F. FAHNENJUNKER UND OFF. ASP.' runs between the outer pearl border and the inner pearl circle, identifying the issuing military training establishment. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with wartime emergency small-change tokens. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Grafenwöhr's training camp for officer candidates — the Fahnenjunker and Offizier-Aspiranten — issued its own canteen and mess tokens as part of the broader German military Lagergeld system, which proliferated across garrisons, POW camps, and training installations during the First World War to prevent standard coinage from leaking out of closed military economies. Zinc was the material of necessity by mid-war, copper and nickel having been requisitioned for war production well before 1916.