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50 Pfennigs Großporitsch; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Kriegsgefangenenlager Groß-Poritsch |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on an orange guilloche underprint with decorative border frames at all four corners, each containing the denomination numeral '50'. The central text panel states the redemption terms in German Gothic script, with the denomination FÜNFZIG PFENNIG rendered in bold display type across the middle. The printer's imprint of Johannes Pässler, Dresden-N. appears at the foot, and a manuscript signature of the camp Commandant (Major) is placed to the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Kriegsgefangenenlager Groß-Poritsch Der Kriegsgefangene, Inhaber dieses Gutscheines, erhält bei seiner Entlassung nach der Heimat oder Überweisung in ein anderes Lager gegen Rückgabe den Betrag von FÜNFZIG PFENNIG von der Verwaltung für Gefangenengeld des Kriegsgefangenenlagers Groß-Poritsch ausbezahlt. Der Schein gilt nur innerhalb des Lagers. Groß-Poritsch, 1. Februar 1916. Kommandant Major. JOHANNES PÄSSLER, DRESDEN-N. (Translation: Groß-Poritsch prisoner of war camp. The prisoner of war, holder of this voucher, will receive upon his release to his homeland or transfer to another camp, upon return, the amount of fifty pfennigs paid by the administration for prisoner money of the prisoner of war camp Groß-Poritsch. The note is valid only within the camp. Groß-Poritsch, February 1, 1916. Commandant Major.) |
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Groß-Poritsch was a World War One prisoner-of-war camp in Silesia, and like hundreds of similar facilities across the German Empire, it operated its own internal scrip to prevent detainees from accumulating Reichsmark currency — money they might use to bribe guards or fund escape attempts. The system was both practical and administratively convenient: camp authorities could control purchasing power entirely within the wire.
Johannes Pässler of Dresden printed scrip for multiple camp systems during the war, suggesting a degree of commercial specialization in this niche. The Cambach listing under 3047 places this issue within a well-documented but still incompletely catalogued family of Lagergeld.