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8 Annas Bangalore; PoW Camps
| Uitgever | Prisoners of War Camp, Bangalore (Group I) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1941-1945 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | PRISONERS OF WAR EIGHT ANNAS As.8 Group I Bangalore CAMP |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is unprinted on the same pale ochre paper stock, bearing no design, text, or ornamental elements, with surface toning and minor wear consistent with wartime camp circulation. |
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| Opmerkingen |
These notes were issued by the British-run prisoner of war camps at Bangalore during the Second World War to control purchasing within the camp economy — preventing prisoners from accumulating currency usable outside the wire. The Group I designation refers to the administrative grouping of camps under the Bangalore command, a classification system used across India's wartime PoW infrastructure to manage the substantial Italian and later German and Japanese prisoner populations.
Camp scrip from the Indian theater is considerably scarcer than equivalent issues from European camps, largely because surviving prisoners rarely retained it after repatriation, and British military authorities routinely destroyed remaining stocks at war's end.