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50 Pfennigs Eglosheim; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenen-Lager Eglosheim |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
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| Currency | Papiermark (1914-1923) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green paper printed entirely in black Gothic (Fraktur) letterpress type, with no pictorial vignette or ornamental underprint. The camp name appears at the top in two lines, followed by the denomination numeral '50' set in a larger typeface flanked by the words 'Gut für' and 'Pfennig', with 'Lagergeld' centred below and a validity clause running along the bottom edge. |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly plain light green paper with no printed text or design elements; a faint rectangular ink transfer from the obverse is visible slightly left of centre, consistent with storage impression. The perforated bottom edge mirrors that of the obverse. |
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Eglosheim, a small village near Ludwigsburg in Württemberg, hosted one of the many German prisoner-of-war camps established after the outbreak of war in 1914. Camp scrip of this type was not legal tender — it circulated exclusively within the wire, preventing prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could fund escape attempts or be passed to outside contacts. The 50 Pfennig denomination was a workhorse value, typically used for canteen purchases.
Campbell 2924 places this within a modest series. Eglosheim issues are not heavily documented, and surviving pieces are scarce relative to scrip from larger, better-recorded camps.