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1 Krone Prisoner of War Camp Note
| Issuer | K. u. k. Kriegsgefangenen-Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie D KRONE 1 КОРОНА K. u. k. Gewerbelager Brunn am Gebirge. GUTSCHEIN FÜR EINE KRONE Nur gültig im Innenverkehr des Kriegsgefangenen-Gewerbelagers in Brunn a. G. Dieser Betrag ist ein Anteilschein des bei der Depositenverwaltung deponierten Guthabens der Kriegsgefangenen. Puskás, k. u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier. Popletsan, k. u. k. Oberst, Lagerkommandant. (Translation: Series D / Crown / 1 / Crown (Cyrillic) / Imperial and Royal Commercial Camp / Brunn am Gebirge. / Voucher for / ONE KRONE / Valid only for internal use of the prisoner-of-war commercial camp in Brunn a. G. / This amount is a share certificate of the prisoners of war's deposits held by the deposit administration. / Puskás, I. & R. First Lieutenant, Administrative Officer. / Popletsan, I. & R. Colonel, Camp Commandant.) |
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| Signature(s) | Puskás (k. u. k. Oblt., Verwaltungsoffizier) and Popletsan (k. u. k. Oberst, Lagerkommandant) |
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Brunn am Gebirge, south of Vienna, hosted one of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's industrial prisoner-of-war camps — the "Gewerbelager" designation distinguishing it as a labor camp where prisoners worked in workshops and small trades rather than sitting idle. Camp scrip of this type was a practical administrative tool: it kept prisoner earnings from entering the general Austrian money supply and limited purchasing power to the camp canteen, reducing theft and black-market leakage.
The two signatories are unusually legible for this class of note. Oberleutnant Puskás as administrative officer and Oberst Popletsan as camp commandant both signed by hand — individual authentication on camp currency is not universal across the k.u.k. system, and it narrows the issue to a specific command window.