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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 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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| Reverse lettering | Kultur-Arbeit der Kriegsgefangenen |
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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.