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1 Korona POW Camp, Kenyérmező
| Issuer | Cs. és K. Hadifogolytábor Kenyérmező (K.u.K. Kriegsgefangenenlager Kenyérmező) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue guilloche underprint with denomination cornerpieces. Central text in large red letterpress reads EGY KORONA, with camp name and issuing authority in black above. Below, three manuscript signatures appear over printed role titles, flanked by two circular imperial eagle seals in red. Two lines of cautionary text at foot within a red-bordered panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cs. és K. HADIFOGOLYTÁBOR KENYÉRMEZŐ EGY KORONA A HADIFOGLYOK LETÉTPÉNZEIBŐL. Kenyérmezőtábor, 1916. Január hó 15. EZEN TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYET CSAKIS AZ ERRE FEL- HATALMAZOTTAK FOGADHATJÁK EL ÉS VÁLTHATJÁK BE. A TÁBORI ÉRTÉKJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA HADIBÍRÓSÁGILAG BÜNTETTETIK. CSAK A TÁBOR TERÜLETÉN ÉRVÉNYES. |
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Kenyérmező was one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's larger prisoner-of-war camp complexes, and like many such installations it operated its own internal scrip to prevent real currency from circulating among captives — a standard security and logistics measure across both Central and Allied powers during the war. The camp's scrip was redeemable only within the wire, making escape with meaningful cash impossible and keeping black-market trade with guards harder to conceal.
These camp issues were produced cheaply, circulated hard, and discarded without sentiment once the war ended. Surviving pieces are scarcer than their humble origin suggests.