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50 Pfennigs Strasbourg; Rumanenkommando XIII
| Issuer | Rumänenkommando XIII (Romanian Command XIII), Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink cardboard stock with a simple black letterpress-printed rectangular border enclosing the denomination text in large bold Gothic script. A circular blue ink handstamp, bearing the legend of the Royal Prussian Landsturm Guard Company, is applied at centre, partially overlapping the text. The issuing authority 'Rumänenkommando XIII' appears in smaller Gothic type along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | KÖNIGL. PREUSSISCHE LANDST. BEWACH-KOMP. II. 39. (Translation: Royal Prussian Landsturm Guard Company II. 39.) |
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Strasbourg's prisoner-of-war camp scrip is among the more obscure categories of German WWI notgeld — issued not by a municipality or savings bank but directly by the military command overseeing Romanian prisoners. The XIII designation refers to the XIII Army Corps administrative district, headquartered in Strasbourg, which ran the camp system in its zone. Romanian POWs entered German custody in significant numbers only after Romania's disastrous 1916–1917 campaign, so this scrip almost certainly dates to the latter half of the war despite the broad 1914–1918 attribution.
Pink cardboard construction was typical for low-denomination camp issues, chosen for durability in rough handling rather than aesthetics. These circulated in a closed economy — canteen purchases only — and had no external redemption value.