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50 Pfennig Kriegs Gefangenen Lager
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Lichtenhorst (POW Camp Canteen Administration) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A full-width colour vignette occupies the upper two-thirds of the note, presenting a perspective view down the main road of the Lichtenhorst prisoner-of-war camp, flanked by rows of red-roofed barracks, telegraph poles, a narrow-gauge railway track, and tree-lined grounds; a street sign reading 'v.Weyne Str.' is visible at left and a canteen building at right. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in framed panels at the upper left and upper right corners, with the place name 'Lichtenhorst' in bold Gothic lettering across the top. The lower panel carries the camp voucher text and bears a manuscript signature of the canteen administrator, the whole enclosed in a decorative border of alternating red and gold oval ornaments. |
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| Obverse lettering | Lichtenhorst 50 Pfennig Kriegs Gefangenen Lager Gutschein über 50 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein gilt nur als Zahlmittel im Lager. Die Kantinen Verwaltung H. Heijer |
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Lichtenhorst was a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, and its canteen scrip belongs to a category of emergency money — Lagergeld — produced specifically to prevent prisoners from accumulating Reichsmarks that could theoretically fund an escape or be passed to outside contacts. The system was deliberately closed: scrip earned inside could only be spent inside, at the camp canteen.
The DeNG reference covers multiple varieties within this series, distinguished by minor printing differences or paper stocks rather than substantive design changes. Collector interest in Lichtenhorst material is driven partly by the camp's documented use across both world wars.