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1 Pfennig Müncheberg; PoW Camp
| Issuer | Gefangenen-Lager Müncheberg |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with a decorative chain-link border frame. The heading 'Gefangenen-Lager MÜNCHEBERG' appears at top, with the large bold legend 'GUTSCHEIN über EINEN 1 PFENNIG' centrally placed. The Imperial German eagle vignette appears at lower left and right, with validity and forgery-warning inscriptions below; a blue oval Kassenkontroll cancellation stamp is applied at centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gefangenen-Lager MÜNCHEBERG GUTSCHEIN über EINEN 1 PFENNIG Nur giltig im Gefangenen-Lager. Nachahmungen strafbar. BUCHDRUCKEREI OTTO LANGE, BERLIN S42. |
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Müncheberg was a prisoner-of-war camp operating under German military authority during World War One. Camp-issued pfennig scrip of this type was a deliberate administrative measure — it prevented prisoners from accumulating Reichsmark currency that could fund escape attempts or black-market dealings with guards, while also keeping internal camp commerce nominally functional.
Otto Lange's Berlin print shop produced scrip for multiple camp authorities during the war, which means this note shares a production lineage with similar issues across the German PoW system rather than being a bespoke local commission.